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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 3 6 5 - M A Y 25, 1954

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SEC. 74. FAILURE TO RETURN LICENSE OR REGISTRATION.—Any per-

son willfully failing to return license or registration as required in section 70 shall be nned not more than $500 or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days, or both. SEC. 75. PENALTY FOR OTHER VIOLATIONS.—Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. SEC. 76. PROSECUTIONS.—All prosecutions for violations of this Act shall be in the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia, by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants. ARTICLE

VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 77. EFFECT OF HEADINGS.—Article and section headings con-

tained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article or section hereof. SEC. 78. EXCEPTION I N RELATION TO VEHICLES INSURED UNDER OTHER

LAWS.—Except for sections 10 and 65, this Act shall not apply with respect to any vehicle the owner of which has complied with the requirements of existing laws of the District of Columbia requiring insurance or other security on motor vehicles. SEC. 79. SELF-INSURERS.—(a) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five vehicles are registered in the District of Columbia may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the Commissioners as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The Commissioners may, in their discretion, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments obtained against such person. Such certificate may be issued authorizing a person to act as a self-insurer for either property damage or bodily injury, or both. (c) Upon not less than five days' notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the Commissioners may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within thirty days after such judgment shall have become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of selfinsurance. SEC. 80. AUTHORIZATION or APPROPRIATIONS.—There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the general fund of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 81. EFFECT or REORGANIZATION P L A N NUMBER 5.—Where any

provision of this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, refers to an office or agency abolished by Reorganization Plan Number 5 of 1952, such reference shall be deemed to be the office, agency, or officer ^ ^*^-^ 824. ^ exercising the functions of the office or agency so abolished. app'. ' °****** * ^ SEC. 82. REPEAL OF EXISTING LAWS.—This Act shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the Traffic Acts of the District of Columbia, except as specifically provided herein, but shall be construed as 4o^*note.^°'^* '*°" supplemental thereto. The Act of May 3, 1935 (49 Stat. 166, ch. 89; title 40, ch. 4, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), as amended, known as the Owners' Financial Responsibility Act of the District of Columbia, is hereby repealed except

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