committing crime of violence while armed

committing crime of violence while armed Sec. 205. (a) Section 2 of 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. 22–3202), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. (a) Any person who commits a crime of violence in the District of Columbia when armed with or having readily available any pistol or other firearm (or imitation thereof) or other dangerous or deadly weapon (including a sawed-off shotgun, shotgun, machinegun, rifle, dirk, bowie knife, butcher knife, switchblade knife, razor, blackjack, billy, or metallic or other false knuckles)— “(1) may, if he is convicted for the first time of having so committed a crime of violence in the District of Columbia, be sentenced, in addition to the penalty provided for such crime, to a period of imprisonment which may be up to life imprisonment; and “(2) shall, if he is convicted more than once of having so committed a crime of violence in the District of Columbia, be sentenced, in addition to the penalty provided for such crime, to a minimum period of imprisonment of not less than five years and a maximum period of imprisonment which may not be less than three tunes the minimum sentence imposed and which may be up to life imprisonment. “(b) Where the maximum sentence imposed under this section is life imprisonment, the minimum sentence imposed under subsection (a) may not exceed fifteen years’ imprisonment. 84 Stat. 601 “(c) Any person sentenced under subsection (a)(2) of this section may be released on parole in accordance with the Act of July 15, 1932 (chapter 2 of title 24 of the District of Columbia Code), at any time after having served the minimum sentence imposed under that subsection. “(d) (1) Chapter 402 of title 18 of the United States Code (Federal Youth Corrections Act) shall not apply with respect to any person sentenced under paragraph (2) of subsection (a). “(2) The execution or imposition of any term of imprisonment imposed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not be suspended and probation may not be granted. “(e) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as reducing any sentence otherwise imposed or authorized to be imposed. “(f) No conviction with respect to which a person has been pardoned on the ground of innocence shall be taken into account in applying this section.” (b) Section 13 of such Act is amended by striking out “This” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Except as provided in section 2 and section 14 (b) of this Act, this”.