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 72d CONGR ESS. SESS. II. CH. 206. MARCH 3, 1933 . 1485 at such periods as the court may by rule provide, and before said authority shall be renewed the court shall require from each of said persons an affidavit that since his previous qualification to engage in the bonding business he has abided by the provisions of this Act, and any person swearing falsely in any of said affidavits shall be guilty of perjury. Givin g ad vanc e In- Sm. 9 . It shall be unlawful for any police officer or other public formation of any rata official, in advance of any raid by police or other peace officers or c bon dsma n, u nlaw- pu blic offi cials or the execu tion of a ny searc h warrant or warra nt of arrest, to give or furnish, either directly or indirectly, any informa- tion concerning such proposed raid or arrest to any person engaged in any manner in the bonding business or to any attorney at law ~ o Provided, however, That it shall not be unlawful for any police Assistancepermftted. or other peace officer, in conducting any raid or in executing any search warrant or warrant of arrest, to communicate to any attorney at law or person engaged in the bonding business, any fact necessary to enable such officer to obtain from such attorney at law or person engaged in the bonding business information necessary to enable such officer to carry out said raid or execute such process. Des ignated cler k to SEC. 10. The judges of the police court of the District of Columbia take bail, etc ., when sh all have the autho rity to a ppoint so me offic ial of th e Metropo litan court is not open' police force of the Distict oolumbia to act as a clerk of the police poi ce oce enc cram court with authority to take bail or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in the police court in criminal cases in the District of Columbia at all times when the police court is not open Authority, pa y, du. and its clerks accessible. The official so appointed shall have the ties, etc ., of clerk. same autho rity at s aid t imes with refe rence to t akin g bon ds or collateral as the clerk of the police court now has ; shall receive no compensation for said services other than his regular salary ; shall be subject to the orders and rules of the police - court in discharge of his said duties, and may be removed as such clerk at any time by the judges of the police court. The Supreme Court and the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia each shall have power by order to authoriz e the off icial, ap pointed by the po lice cour t, to take bond of persons arrested upon writs and processes from those courts in criminal cases between four o'clock postmeridian and nine o'clock antemeridian and upon Sundays and holidays, and each of R evoca tion. such courts shall have power at any time by order to revoke such authority granted by it. pun ishment f r vio- SEc. 11. Any person violating any provision of this Act other than l ations . i n the commission of perjury_shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment of not less than ten or more than sixty days in jail, or both, where no other penalty is provided by this Act ; and if the person so convicted be a police officer or other public official, he shall upon recommendation of the trial judge also be forthwith dismissed from office ; if a bondsman, or the agent, clerk, or representative of a bondsman, he shall be disqualified from thereafter engaging in any manner in the bonding business for such a period of time as the trial judge shall order ; and, if an attorney at law, shall be subject to suspension or disbarment as attorney at law. SEC. 12 . It shal l be the duty of t he police court, j uvenile c ourt, Enforcement. and of the criminal divisions of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to see that this Act is enforced and upon the impanel- ing of each grand jury in the Supreme dourt of the District of Columbia it shall be the duty of the judge impaneling said jury to give it in charge to the jury to investigate the manner in which this Act is enforced and all violations thereof. Approved, March 3, 1933.