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PUBLIC LAW 91-497-OCT. 22, 1970

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Public Law 91-497 AN ACT

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October 22, 1970

To revise certain provisions of the criminal laws of the District of Columbia relating to offenses against hotels, motels, and other commercial lodgings, and for other purposes.

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Be it eimcted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 842 of ^.c. the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of ho?T"m^^^^^"'* Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1326; D.C. Code, sec. etc! ^'"'° ^ ^' 22-1301), is amended— er^stft^'g"*' (1) by inserting^ " (a) " immediately before "Whoever"; (2) by inserting "any service or" immediately before "anything of value"; (3) by striking out "value of the money or property" and inserting in lieu thereof "value of the money, property, or service"; (4) by striking out "$200" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,000"; (5) by striking out the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof: " (b)(1) Whoever obtains, at a hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests— " (A) lodging, food, or any other item of value, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager of such establishment, or " (B) credit by the use of false pretenses, shall, if the unpaid amount of such lodging, food, or other item of value is $100 or more, be guilty of a felony and fined not more than $3,000 or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, or both; or if such unpaid amount is less than $100, be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "(2) Proof that a person— " (A) obtained lodging, food, any other item of value, or credit, at a hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests and failed to pay in full upon demand any amount then due for such credit or item of value, or " (B) departed or removed his baggage from a hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests without the express consent of the proprietor or manager of such establishment and without first paying in full any amount due for food, lodging, any other item of value, or credit, shall be prima facie evidence that the acts specified in clause (A) of paragraph (1) were committed with fraudulent intent. " (c) Whoever, in the District of Columbia, registers at a hotel, motel, Penalty. or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, under any name or address other than his actual name or address, with intent to defraud the proprietor or manager of such establishment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both." SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 207 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the more effective prevention, detection, and punishment of crime in the District of Columbia", approved June 29, 1953 (D.C. Code, 23-306 (b)) is amended— 67 Stat. 96Mn(e, (1) by striking out "section 863(a)" and inserting in lieu ^'^^^' thereof "sections 863(a) and 842 (b) and (c) "; and (2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end the following: "(failure to pay for lodging or food; D.C. Code, sec. 22-1301)". Supra.

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