narcotic drugs

narcotic drugs Sec. 208. Section 23 of the Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (D.C. Code. sec. 33–123) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 23. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, a person violating any provision of this Act, or any regulation made by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Council under authority of this Act, for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. “(b) A person convicted of an offense punishable pursuant to this section, who shall have previously been convicted in the District of Columbia of such an offense, or who shall have previously been convicted, either hi the District of Columbia or elsewhere, of a violation of the laws of the United States or of a State or subdivision thereof which would have been a violation of this Act and punishable pursuant to this section if committed in the District of Columbia and prosecuted pursuant to this Act, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. “(c) For additional penalities for two or more violations of this Act, see sections 907 and 907A of the Act of March 3, 1901 (as amended by title II of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970).”