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PUBLIC LAW 85-JUNE 29, 1953

child under the age of sixteen years, shall be punished by imprisonment 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 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 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."

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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: "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, the person procuring or producing, or attempting to procure or produce the abortion or miscarriage shall be guilty of second degree murder."

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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 D! c*f*code* 22for the control of dangerous weapons in the District. 3201 to 22-3216. (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 vagraacy 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. 27000

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