47 Stat. 697. (3) The term "United States attorney" means the United States attorney for the District of Columbia; (4) The term "municipal court" means The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia; and (5) The term "District" means the District of Columbia. TITLE II-CRIMINAL OFFENSES MINIMUM SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN CRIMES SEC. 201. (a) Section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes", approved July 15, 1932, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 24-203), is amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 3."; by inserting ", except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)" after "hereafter" in the first sentence; and by adding at the end of the section the following new subsections: "(b) The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a person convicted of an assault with intent to commit rape in violation of section 803 of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia', approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. 31 Stat. 1321, Code, sec. 22-501), or of armed robbery in violation of section 810 1322. D. C. Code 22-2901. 47 Stat. 650. 47 Stat. 650. 67 Stat. 91. 67 Stat. 92. of such Act (D. C. Code 22-3202) shall be not less than two years if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence as defined in section 1 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia (D. C. Code, sec. 223201). The minimum sentence imposed under this section on a person convicted of rape in violation of section 808 of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia', 31 Stat. 1322. approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2801), shall not be less than seven years if the violation occurs after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence, as so defined. The maximum sentence in each case to which this subsection applies shall not be less than three times the minimum sentence imposed, and shall not be more than the maximum fixed by law. Post, p. 93. Post, P. 97. "(c) For a person convicted of "(1) a violation of section 432 (b) of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-505, relating to assault with a dangerous weapon on a police officer) occurring after the person has been convicted of a violation of that section or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction; "(2) a violation of section 3 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District (D. C. Čode, sec. 22-3203, relating to illegal possession of a pistol), occurring after the person has been convicted of violating that section; or "(3) a violation of section 209 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 (relating to possession of implements of crime) occurring after the person has been convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of that section or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, the minimum sentence imposed under this section shall not be less than one year, and the maximum sentence shall not be less than three times the minimum sentence imposed nor more than the maximum (b) Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to reorganize the system of parole of prisoners convicted in the District of Columbia", approved July 17, 1947 (D. C. Code, sec. 24-201c, relating to reduction of mini- 61 Stat. 379. mum sentences), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "If a prisoner is serving a sentence for a crime for which a minmum sentence is prescribed by section 3 (b) of the Act entitled 'An Act to establish a Board of Indeterminate Sentence and Parole for the District of Columbia and to determine its functions, and for other purposes', approved July 15, 1932, as amended, his Ante, p. 91. minimum sentence shall not be reduced under this section below the minimum sentence so prescribed." (c) The amendments made by this section shall not apply with Nonapplicarespect to any sentence imposed for a crime committed before the bility. date of the enactment of this Act. SEX OFFENSES SEC. 202. (a) (1) Section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia", approved July 29, 1892, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1112), is amended to read as follows: "SEO. 9. (a) It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person, or to make any lewd, obscene, or indecent sexual proposal, or to commit any other lewd, obscene, or indecent act in the District of Columbia, under penalty of not more than $300 fine, or imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or both, for each and every such offense. "(b) Any person or persons who shall commit an offense described 27 Stat. 324. in subsection (a), knowing he or she or they are in the presence of a 67 Stat. 92. child under the age of sixteen years, shall be punished by imprisonment 67 Stat. 93. of not more than one year, or fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000, or both, for each and every such offense." (2) Section 18 of such Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-109) is amended by 27 Stat. 325. adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The second sentence of this section shall not apply with respect to any violation of section 9 (b).” (b) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act for the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia", approved August 15, 1935, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2701), is amended to read as 49 Stat. 651. follows: "That it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading, any person or persons sixteen years of age or over in the District of Columbia, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both." ABORTION SEC. 203. Section 809 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-201), is amended to read as follows: 31 Stat. 1322. "SEC. 809. Whoever, by means of any instrument, medicine, drug or other means whatever, procures or produces, or attempts to procure or produce an abortion or miscarriage on any woman, unless the same were done as necessary for the preservation of the mother's life or health and under the direction of a competent licensed practitioner of medicine, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year or not more than ten years; or if the death of the mother results therefrom, 47 Stat. 650. D. C. Code 22-3201 to 22-3216. 47 Stat. 651. 49 Stat. 651. 37 Stat. 192. 55 Stat. 808. 67 Stat. 93. 67 Stat. 94. 47 Stat. 651. 47 Stat. 652. Ante, p. 93. 47 Stat. 652. the person procuring or producing, or attempting to procure or produce the abortion or miscarriage shall be guilty of second degree murder." AMENDMENTS TO THE DANGEROUS WEAPONS ACT SEC. 204. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "Dangerous Weapons Act" means the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District. (b) Section 3 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3203) is amended to read as follows: "CERTAIN PERSONS FORBIDDEN TO POSSESS PISTOLS "SEC. 3. No person shall own or keep a pistol, or have a pistol in his possession or under his control, within the District of Columbia, if— "(1) he is a drug addict; "(2) he has been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a felony; "(3) he has been convicted of violating the first section of the Act entitled 'An Act for the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia', approved August 15, 1935, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-2701), the first section of the Act entitled 'An Act to confer concurrent jurisdiction on the police court of the District of Columbia in certain cases', approved July 16, 1912 (keeping bawdy house, D. C. Code, sec. 22-2722), or the Act entitled An Act to define and punish vagrancy in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes', approved December 17, 1941 (D. C. Code, title 22, chapter 33); or "(4) he is not licensed under section 10 of this Act to sell weapons, and he has been convicted of violating this Act. No person shall keep a pistol for, or intentionally make a pistol available to, such a person, knowing that he has been so convicted or that he is a drug addict. Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted of a violation of this section, in which case he shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years." (c) Section 4 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 223204) is amended by striking out everything after "being so concealed" and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following new sentence: "Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of this section or of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdiction, in which case he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years." (d) Section 7 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3207) is amended to read as follows: "SELLING TO MINORS AND OTHERS "SEC. 7. No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any pistol to a person who he has reasonable cause to believe is not of sound mind, or is forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol, or, except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward exists, is under the age of twenty-one years." (e) The second sentence of section 8 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3208) is amended by striking out "a statement that he has never been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence" and inserting in lieu thereof "a statement that he is not forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol". (f) The first sentence of paragraph 3 of section 10 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3210) is amended to read as follows: 47 Stat. 653. "No pistol shall be sold (a) if the seller has reasonable cause to believe that the purchaser is not of sound mind or is forbidden by section 3 of Ante, p. 93. this Act to possess a pistol or is under the age of twenty-one years, and (b) unless the purchaser is personally known to the seller or shall present clear evidence of his identity." (g) The first sentence of paragraph 5 of section 10 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3210) is amended by striking out 47 Stat. 653. "a statement signed by the purchaser that he has never been convicted in the District of Columbia or elsewhere of a crime of violence" and inserting in lieu thereof "a statement by the purchaser that he is not forbidden by section 3 of this Act to possess a pistol". Ante, p. 93. (h) Section 14 of the Dangerous Weapons Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3214) is amended by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 14."; by inserting 47 Stat. 654. "switch blade knife," after "sandbag,"; and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(b) No person shall within the District of Columbia possess, with intent to use unlawfully against another, an imitation pistol, or a dagger, dirk, razor, stiletto, or knife with a blade longer than three inches, or other dangerous weapon. "(c) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided in section 15 of this Act, unless the violation occurs after he has been D. C. Code convicted in the District of Columbia of a violation of this section or 22-3215. of a felony, either in the District of Columbia or in another jurisdic tion, in which case he shall be imprisoned for not more than ten years." 67 Stat. 94. ASSAULT ON POLICE OFFICER SEC. 205. Section 432 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-505), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 432. (a) Whoever without justifiable and excusable cause, assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any officer or member of any police force operating in the District of Columbia while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "(b) Whoever in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be imprisoned not more than ten years." GAMBLING 67 Stat. 95. SEC. 206. (a) Section 863 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1502), is amended to read as 52 Stat. 199. follows: "SEC. 863a. If any person shall, within the District of Columbia, knowingly have in his possession or under his control, any record, notation, receipt, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, token, paper, or writing, D. C. Code current or not current, used or to be used in violating the provisions of 22-1504. sections 863, 865, or 869 of this Act, he shall, upon conviction of each Post, p. 96. such offense, be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, possession of any record, notation, receipt, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, token, paper, or writing shall be presumed to be knowing possession thereof." (b) Section 866 of such Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1505) is amended 31 Stat. 1331. D. C. Code 22-1501, 22-1504. 67 Stat. 95. 67 Stat. 96. 31 Stat. 1331. 31 Stat. 1330. "SEC. 866. (a) Any house, building, vessel, shed, booth, shelter, vehicle, enclosure, room, lot, or other premises in the District of Columbia, used or to be used in violating the provisions of section 863 or 865 of this Act, shall be deemed 'gambling premises' for the purpose of this section. 66 "(b) It shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia knowingly, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, operator, occupant, or otherwise, to maintain or aid or permit the maintaining of any gambling premises. "(c) All moneys, vehicles, furnishings, fixtures, equipment, stock (including, without limitation, furnishings and fixtures adaptable to nongambling uses, and equipment and stock for printing, recording, computing, transporting, safekeeping, or communication), or other things of value used or to be used "(1) in carrying on or conducting any lottery, or the game or device commonly known as a policy lottery or policy, contrary to the provisions of section 863 of this Act; "(2) in setting up or keeping any gaming table, bank, or device contrary to the provisions of section 865 of this Act; or "(3) in maintaining any gambling premises, shall be subject to seizure by any member of the Metropolitan Police force or the United States Park Police, or the United States marshal, or any deputy marshal, for the District of Columbia, and shall, unless good cause is shown to the contrary by the owner, be forfeited to the District of Columbia by order of any court having jurisdiction, unless good cause is shown to the contrary by the owner, for disposition by public auction or as otherwise provided by law. Bona fide liens against property so forfeited shall, on good cause shown by the lienor, be transferred from the property to the proceeds of the sale of the property. Forfeit moneys and other proceeds realized from the enforcement of this section shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia. "(d) Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted of a violation of this section, in which case he may be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined not more than $2,000, or both." (c) Section 869 of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22-1508), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 869. It shall be unlawful for any person, or association of persons, within the District of Columbia to purchase, possess, own, or acquire any chance, right, or interest, tangible or intangible, in any policy lottery or any lottery, or to make or place a bet or wager, accept a bet or wager, gamble or make books or pools on the result of any athletic contest. For the purpose of this section, the term 'athletic contest' means any of the following, wherever held or to be held: a football, baseball, softball, basketball, hockey, or polo game, or a tennis, golf, or wrestling match, or a tennis or golf tournament, or a prize fight or boxing match, or a trotting or running race of horses, or a running race of dogs, or any other athletic or sporting event or contest. Any person or association of persons violating this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." (d) Subchapter five, chapter nineteen, of such Act, as amended (D. C. Code, title 22, ch. 15), is amended by adding thereto a new section as follows: "SEC. 869f. (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, the testimony of any witness, or the production of books, papers, or other records or documents, by |