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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

"(5) A court shall not be required to entertain a second or successive motion for relief under this section more often than once every six months. A court for good cause shown may in its discretion entertain such a motion more often than once every six months. "(6) An appeal may be taken from an order entered under this section to the court having jurisdiction to review final judgments of the court entering the order. "(7) An application for habeas corpus on behalf of a person who is authorized to apply for relief by motion pursuant to this section shall not be entertained if it appears that the applicant has failed to apply for relief, by motion, to the court having jurisdiction to entertain a motion pursuant to this section, unless it also appears that the remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the validity of his detention." NARCOTIC

DRUGS

SEC. 208. Section 23 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (D.C. Code, sec. 33-423) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 23. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, a person violating any provision of this Act, or any regulation made by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Council under authority of this Act, for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. "(b) A person convicted of an offense punishable pursuant to this section, who shall have previously been convicted in the District of Columbia of such an offense, or who shall have previously been convicted, either in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, of a violation of the laws of the United States or of a State or subdivision thereof which would have been a violation of this Act and punishable pursuant to this section if committed in the District of Columbia and prosecuted pursuant to this Act, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. "(c) For additional penalities for two or more violations of this Act, see sections 907 and 907A of the Act of March 3, 1901 (as amended by title II of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970)." EXPLOSIVE

70 Stat. 622.

Ante, p. 598.

DEVICES

SEC. 209. The Act entitled "An Act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes", approved July 8, 1932 (D.C. Code, sec. 223201 et seq.), is amended by adding after section 15 (D.C. Code, sec. 22-3215) the following new section:

47 Stat. 650.

" M O L O TO V COCKTAILS A N D OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

"SEC. 15A (a) No person shall within the District of Columbia manufacture, transfer, use, possess, or transport a molotov cocktail. As used in this subsection, the term 'molotov cocktail' means (1) a breakable container containing flammable liquid and having a wick or a similar device capable of being ignited, or (2) any other device designed to explode or produce uncontained combustion upon impact; but such term does not include a device lawfully and commercially manufactured primarily for the purpose of illumination, construction work, or other lawful purpose. "(b) No person shall manufacture, transfer, use, possess, or transport any device, instrument, or object designed to explode or produce

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