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PUBLIC LAW 91-358-JULY 29, 1970

in writing, such sentence shall be filed with the papers in the case against the convicted person, and a certified copy thereof shall be transmitted, by the clerk of the court in which such sentence is pronounced, to the District of Columbia Department of Corrections not less than ten days prior to the time fixed in the sentence of the court for the execution. "§ 23-1704. Who may be present at execution; fact of execution to be certified to clerk of court "At the execution of the death penalty there shall be present only the following persons: The executioner and his assistant; the prison physician and one other physician if the condemned person so desires; the condemned person's counsel and relatives, not exceeding three, if they so desire; the prison chaplain and such other ministers of the Gospel, not exceeding two, as may attend by desire of the condemned; the superintendent of the prison, or, in the event of his disability, a deputy designated by him; and not fewer than three nor more than five respectable citizens whom the superintendent of the prison shall designate, and, if necessary to insure their attendance, shall subpena to be present. The fact of execution shall be certified by the prison physician and the executioner to the clerk of the court in which sentence was pronounced, which certificate shall be filed by the clerk with the papers in the case. No person under the age of twenty-one years shall be allowed to witness any execution.

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"§ 23-1705. Place of execution "Any person adjudged to suffer death shall be executed within the walls of the designated facility of the Department of Corrections, or within the yard or inclosure thereof, and not elsewhere." (b) The following provisions oi law are repealed on the effective Repeals, date of this Act, except with respect to rights and duties which matured, penalties which were incurred, and proceedings which were begun before the effective date of this Act: (1) Sections 397 and 398 of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, secs. 4-140,4-141). s^ Stat. 734, (2) The following provision of British law in effect in the District of Columbia: 23 Geo. II, chapter 11, sections 1 and 2 (D.C. Code, sees. 23-204,23-205). (3) The following sections of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901: (A) Sections 911 to 914 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-301 to 23-304). 3i Stat. 1337; (B) Sections 915 to 917 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-201 to 23-203). " ^*^*' '^^• (C) Sections 918 to 924 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-107 to 23-113). (D) Section 926 (D.C. Code, sec. 23-114). (E) Sections 930 and 931 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-401, 2 3 ^ 0 2). 67 Stat. loe. (F) Sections 932 and 933 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-101, 23-102). (G) Sections 935 and 938 (D.C. Code, secs. 23-105, 23-106). ^^ ^*"*' " s (II) Section 939 (D.C. Code, sec. 23-104). (I) Section 1200 (D.C. Code,see. 23-706). 3i Stat. 1379. (J) Section 1203 (D.C. Code, sec. 23-705). (4) Act of January 30, 1925 (43 Stat. 798; D.C. Code, secs. 23-701 to 23-704). (5) Act of April 21, 1928 (45 Stat. 440; D.C. Code, secs. 23-403 to 23-410). (6) Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1482; D.C. Code, secs. 23-601 to 23-612). (7) Section 5 of the Act of April 5, 1938 (52 Stat. 198, 199; D.C. Code, sec. 23-305).

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