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PUBLIC LAW 88-241~DEC. 23, 1963 Subchapter IV—Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 11-981. Power of judges to issue warrants returnable to Criminal Division; record Each judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions may, at any time, including Sundays and legal liolidays, on complaint under oath or actual view, issue warrants returnable to the criminal division of the court against persons accused of crimes and offenses committed in the District of Columbia. In every such case, he shall make a record of his proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. The warrants shall be issued free of charge. §11-982. Compelling attendance of witnesses; contempt powers; subpoenas (a) The District of Columbia Court of General Sessions may compel the attendance of witnesses by attachment, and, in any civil or criminal case or proceeding in the court, the judge may punish for disobedience of an order, or for contempt committed in the presence of the court, by a fine not exceeding $50 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days. (b) At the request of any party subpoenas for attendance at a hearing or trial in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall be issued by the clerk of the court. A subpoena may be served at any place within the District of Columbia, or at any place without the District of Columbia that is within 25 miles of the place of the hearing or trial specified in the subpoena. The form, issuance and manner of service of a subpoena shall be as otherwise prescribed by Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 28 USC app. § 11-983. Oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments Each judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments. The clerk of the court and his deputies may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments in all cases pending in the court or about to be filed therein. § 11-984. Receipt and care of deposits for costs, and fees; payment of fines, costs, etc., to clerk; deposit; accounting (a) The clerk of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall receive and care for all deposits for costs made and fees exacted under the rules governing the fee charges in the civil division of the court, and shall make a weekly deposit with the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative of all fees earned during the preceding week. The money so collected shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. (b) The clerk shall return to parties making the deposits specified by subsection (a) of this section any part of a deposit that remains in his hands over and above the earned fees in completed cases, and shall render an itemized statement to the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative of every fee earned, on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Board or its authorized representative. Any part of a deposit remaining in the clerk^s hands for a period of three years, for which claim has not been made by the party entitled to receive it, shall revert to the District of Columbia, and shall be paid forthwith by the clerk to the Board or its authorized representative as part of the revenues of the District. (c) Fines, penalties, costs, and forfeitures imposed or taxed in the criminal division of the Court of General Sessions shall be paid to the clerk, either with or without process or on process ordered by the court. On the first secular day of each week, the clerk shall deposit with the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative the total

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