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PUBLIC LAW 365-MAY 25, 1954

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(b) Said Motor Vehicle Owners' and Operators' Financial Responsibility Fund, D. C, is available to the Commissioners for disbursements required under the provisions of this Act, such disbursements to be made in the same manner as other disbursements for the District of Columbia are made. ARTICLE III ACCIDENT REPORTS

10. REPORT OF ACCIDENT REQUIRED.—The driver of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of the District of Columbia which is in any manner involved in an accident within the District of Columbia, which accident has resulted in damage to the property of any one person in excess of $100 or in bodily injury to or in the death of any person shall within five days after such accident report the accident on a form approved by the Commissioners to the office of the Commissioners subject to the following exceptions in this article. SEC. 11. FORM OF REPORT.—The form of accident report prescribed by the Commissioners shall contain information sufficient to enable the Commissioners to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under this Act are inapplicable by reason of the existence of insurance or other exceptions specified in this Act. SEC. 12. INCAPACITY OF DRIVER-OWNER TO REPORT.—(a) A n accident report is not required under this article from any person who is physically incapable of making report during the period of such incapacity. (b) I f any driver be physically incapable of making a required accident report and is not the owner of the vehicle involved in such accident, then the owner of such vehicle shall within five days after he learns of the accident make such report not made by the driver. SEC. 13. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The driver or the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident shall furnish such additional relevant information as the Commissioners may require. SEC. 14. SUSPENSIONS FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to suspend the license of any person who fails to report as required by the Commissioners until such report has been filed and for such further period, not to exceed thirty days, as the Commissioners may determine. SEC. 15. ACCIDENT REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL.—Accident reports and supplemental information in connection therewith required under this article may be examined by any person named in such report or his representative designated in writing, but shall not be open to public inspection, nor shall copying of lists of such reports be permitted. SEC.

ARTICLE IV SECURITY FOLLOWING ACCIDENT

SEC. 16. APPLICATION.—The provisions of this Act, requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of the District of Columbia which is in any manner involved in an accident within the District of Columbia, which accident has resulted in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any one person in excess of $100.

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