Pub. L. 90-226, tit. I, sec. 101

Sec. 101. Section 397 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, sec. 4–140), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 397. (a) An officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force may arrest without a warrant and take into custody any person who commits, or threatens or attempts to commit, in the presence of, or within the view of, such officer or member any breach of the peace or offense directly prohibited by an Act of Congress or by any other law in force in the District. “(b) An officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force may arrest, a person without a warrant if he has probable cause to believe that such person (1) has committed or is about to commit any offense listed in subsection (c) of this section, and (2) unless immediately arrested, may not be apprehended, may cause injury to others or damage to property, or may tamper with, dispose of, or destroy evidence. 81 Stat. 735 “(c) The offenses referred to in subsection (b) of this section are— “(1) those offenses specified in the following sect ions of the Act of March 3, 1901: Section 806 (relating to assault)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–504), section 824 (relating to unlawful entry)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–3102), and section 829 (relating to receiving stolen goods)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–2205); and “(2) attempts to commit the offenses specified in the following sections of the Act of March 3, 1901: Section 823 (relating to house-breaking)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–1801), section 826 (relating to grand larceny)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–2201), and section 826b (relating to unauthorized use of vehicles)(D.C. Code, sec. 22–2204).”