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 870 Collision on rail- roads. Punishment {or neg- ltgentlr causing. Collision of vehicles. Duties of drivers. Punishment for vio- lation. Driving moto r ve- hicle while intoxicated. Intoxicated driver of motor vehicle commit- ting negligent acts. 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 109. F EBRUA RY 21, 1933. steam as to burst or break the boiler, engine, or apparatus, or to cause any other acc ident wher eby the d eath of a huma n bei ng is produced, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than ten years ." SEC . 67b . That section 250 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows "SEC. 250. Every conductor, engineer, brakeman, switchman, or other person having charge, wholly or in part, of any railroad car, locomotive, or train, which is used as a common carrier, who will- fully or negligently suffers or causes the same to collide with another car, locomotive, or train, or with any other object or thing whereby the death of a human being is produced, is punishable by imprison- ment in the penitentiary not more than ten years ." SEC. 68 . That Title XIII of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended by inserting therein after section 250 a new section numbered 250a to read as follows "Sac. 250a. Whenever an automobile, motor cycle, or other motor vehicle, or any vehicle whatsoever, regardless of the power by which the same may be propelled or drawn, strikes any person, or collides with any, vehicle containing a person, the drivel ;, of, and all persons in, such automobile, motor cycle, or other motor vehicle, or other vehicle, who have or assume authority over such driver, shall imme- diately cause such automobile, motor cycle, or other motor vehicle, or other vehicle, to stop and shall render to the person struck, or to the occupants of the vehicle collided with, all necessary assistance includ- ing the carrying of such person or occupant to a physician or sur- geon for medical or surgical treatment, if such treatment be required, or if suc h carryin g is requ ested by the perso n struck or the oc cupant of the vehicle struck ; and such driver, and person having or assum- ing authority over such driver, shall either remain at the scene of the accident until the arrival of the police authorities, or shall com- municate without delay to the nearest police authorities a full report of the ac cident. "Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is punisha ble by impri sonmen t in t he pen itentia ry not excee ding f ive years or in jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment ." SEC. 69. That Title XIII of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended by inserting therein after section 250a a new section numbered 250b to read as follows "Sac . 250b. Any person operating or driving an automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle who becomes or is intoxicated while so engaged in operating or driving such automobile, motorcycle or other motor veh icle shal l be guil ty of a m isdemeano r ." SEC. 70 . That Title XIII of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended by inserting therein after section 250b a new section numbered 250c to read as follows "Sac . 250c . Any person operating or driving an automobile motorcycle or other motor vehicle who becomes or is intoxicated while so engaged in operating or driving such automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle, and who by reason of such intoxication does any act, or neglects anyy duty imposed by law, which act or neglect of duty causes the death of, or bodily injury to, any person, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, or in jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment ." Sac. 71 . That section 255 of the Penal Code of the Canal Zone is hereby amended to read as follows :