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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 365-MAY 25, 1954

or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof, the Commissioners shall not suspend the registration of any vehicle so owned or leased. SEC. 38. SUSPENSION U N T I L PROOF FURNISHED.—The suspension or revocation hereinbefore required shall remain in effect and the Commissioners shall not issue to such person any new or renewal of license or register or reregister in the name of such person as owner of any such vehicle until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of the District of Columbia and not then unless and until such person shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future. SEC. 39. ACTION I N RESPECT TO UNLICENSED PERSON.—If a person has no license, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license, or for driving a motor vehicle upon the highways without being licensed to do so, or for driving an unregistered vehicle upon the highways, no license shall be thereafter issued to such person and no such vehicle shall continue to be registered or thereafter be registered in the name of such person as owner unless he shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future. SEC. 40. ACTION I N RESPECT TO NONRESIDENTS.—Wlienever the Commissioners suspend or revoke a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, such privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless such person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility for the future. SEC. 41. W H E N COURTS To REPORT NONPAYMENT or JUDGMENTS.—

Whenever any person fails within thirty days to satisfy any judgment, then upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his attorney it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which any such judgment is rendered within the District of Columbia to forward to the Commissioners immediately upon such request a certified cop^ of such judgment, which said certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. SEC. 42. FURTHER ACTION W I T H RESPECT TO NONRESIDENTS.—If the

defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment reported to the Commissioners is a nonresident, the Commissioners shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registrations of the State of which the defendant is a resident. SEC. 43. SUSPENSION FOR NONPAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS.—The Commissioners upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment and a certificate of facts relative to such judgment, on a form provided by the Commissioners, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration and any nonresident's operating privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as hereinafter otherwise provided in this Act. SEC. 44. EXCEPTION I N RELATION TO GOVERNMENT VEHICLES.—The

provisions of section 43 shall not apply with respect to any such judgment arising out of an accident caused by the ownership or operation with permission, of a vehicle owned by or leased to the United States, a State or any political subdivision thereof, the District of Columbia or any political subdivision of the District of Columbia. SEC. 45. EXCEPTION W H E N CONSENT GRANTED BY JUDGMENT CREDI-

TOR.—If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the Commissioners may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed license and registration or nonresident's operating privilege, the same

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