records to be kept by bondsmen

records to be kept by bondsmen Sec. 406. Section 8 of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate the business of executing bonds for compensation in criminal cases and to improve the administration of justice in the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1933 (D. C. Code, sec. 23–608), is amended by inserting “(a)” after “Sec. 8.”, and by adding at the end of the section the following new subsection: “(b) Each such court shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to insure that whenever a bondsman becomes surety for compensation upon a bond in a criminal case before the court, the bondsman, or his agent, clerk, or representative, shall make a record, which shall be accurate to the best of the maker’s knowledge and belief and shall thereafter be open for inspection by the court or its designated representative, and by the designated representative of other law-enforcement agencies of the District of Columbia, of the following matters: “(1) The full name and address of the person for whom the bond is executed (referred to in this subsection as the ‘defendant’) and the full name and address of his employer, if any; “(2) The offense with which the defendant is charged; “(3) The name of the court or officer authorizing the defendant’s admission to bail; “(4) The amount of the bond; “(5) The name of the person who called the bondsman, if other than the defendant; “(6) The amount of the bondsman’s charge for executing the bond; “(7) The full name and address of the person to whom the bondsman presented his bill for such charge; “(8) The full name and address of the person paying Such charge; and “(9) The manner of payment of such charge. Whoever violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this subsection shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months or both and if he is a bondsman, or the agent, clerk, or representative of a bondsman, shall be disqualified from thereafter engaging in any manner in the bonding business for such a period of time as the trial judge shall order.”