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PUBLIC LAW 764-JULY 24, 1956

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1^^4, except that narcotic drugs which may be needed as evidence in any criminal or administrative proceeding pursuant to the provisions of this Act or the provisions of any Federal narcotic law shall, upon delivery to the Secretary of the Treasury, not be so disposed of until the United States attorney for the District of Columbia or any assistant United States attorney shall certify that such narcotic drugs are no longer needed as evidence." 23^' ^* Code 33^j^^ Section 23 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 23. Any person violating any provision of this Act, or any regulation made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, under authority of its sections, for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall upon conviction be punished, for the first offense, by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not exceeding ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment." AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC H E A L T H SERVICE ACT

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^^^' ^0?- (^) Section 341 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Upon the admittance to, and departure from, a hospital of the Service of a person who voluntarily submitted himself for treatment pursuant to the provisions of this section and who at the time of his admittance to such hospital was a resident of the District of Columbia, the Surgeon General shall furnish to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their designated agent, the name, address, and such other pertinent information as may be useful in the rehabilitation to society of such person." ^|3^ Section 344(d) of such Act is amended by striking out "shall be confidential" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall, except as otherwise provided by this Act, be confidential". ^^) ^^® second sentence of section 345(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "No such addict shall be admitted unless (1) committed prior to July Ij 1958; (2) at the time of commitment, the number of persons in hospitals of the Service who have been admitted pursuant to this subsection is less than one hundred; and (3) suitable accommodations are available after all eligible addicts convicted of offenses against the United States have been admitted." AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC LAW 3 5 5, EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRI^S

S E C 303. Section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the care and treatment at facilities of the Public Health Service of narcotic addicts committed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved May 8, 1954 (68 Stat. 42 USC 257,260a, 79), is amended to read as follows: 261, 261a. "SEC. 1. In order to afford the District of Columbia the facilities -Ante, p. 609. required to carry out the Act of June 24, 1953 (Public Law 76, Eightythird Congress), as amended, and to help it meet its responsibility for the detention, care, and treatment of noncriminal narcotic addicts, it is hereby declared to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the limited use of suitable Public Health Service facilities at the expense of the District of Columbia for such detention, care, and treatment." Effective date. QEC. 304. Subsection (1) of section 301 of this title shall take effect thirty days after the date of its enactment. Approved July 24, 1956.

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