Pub. L. 83-85, tit. II, sec. 209

possessing implements of crime

EnactedYear: 1953Length: 162 wordsOfficial source
possessing implements of crimeSec. 209. (a) No person shall have in his possession in the District any instrument, tool, or other implement for picking locks or pockets, or that is usually employed or reasonably may be employed in the commission of any crime, if he is unable satisfactorily to account for the possession of the implement. Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than one year and may be fined not more than $1,000, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted in the District of a violation of this section or of a felony, either in the District or in another jurisdiction, in which case he shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than ten years. (b) Paragraph (2) of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to define and punish vagrancy in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved December 17, 1941 (D. C. Code, sec. 22–3302), is repealed.
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