PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 588, 589-DEC. 15 , 1944 Operating vehicle while under influence of liquor or drugs. Penalties. Revocation of per- mit. Prosecutions under former laws. than $100, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both; and for the second or any subsequent offense, be fined not more than $300, or be imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. "(b) No individual shall, while under the influence of any intoxi- cating liquor or narcotic drug, operate any vehicle in the District. Any individual violating any provision of this subdivision shall upon conviction for the first offense be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and upon conviction for the second or any subsequent offense be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this paragraph involving the operator of a motor vehicle the clerk of the court shall certify forthwith such conviction to the designated agent of the commissioners who shall thereupon revoke the operator's permit of such individual. "(c) Any violation of any provision of law or regulation issued thereunder which is repealed or amended by this Act, and any liability arising under such provisions or regulations may, if the violation occurred or the liability arose prior to such repeal or amend- ment, be prosecuted to the same extent as if this Act had not been enacted." Approved December 15, 1944. [CHAPTER 589] December 15, 1944 [H. R . 3621] [Public Law 486] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the regulation of motor vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the number of judges of the police court, and for other purposes." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the District of Colum United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 7 (a) amendment. of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the regulation of motor vehicle traffic in the District of Columbia, increase the number of 3StCt.oe 40- judges of the police court, and for other purposes", approved March 301 (a). 3, 1925, as amended, be, and the same is hereby, further amended by adding at the end of said section 7 (a) the following: Opernatios' peiaS "Any person who is a member of the military service of the United idity for military per. States or of any foreign nation with which the United States may be sonnel, etc. allied in the prosecution of any war and is entitled to any of the 5s 11 at. 11 78. benefits of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as so01 - 685
S uCpp. , amended, or who serves in the merchant marine as defined in the Act An7,p. rm2 entitled 'An Act to provide reemployment rights for persons who leave their positions to serve in the merchant marine, and for other 0 U.Sat.16 . pp . purposes', approved June 23 1943, and who at the time of his entry mn,app. I 1471-1475. upon such service was the holder of a valid permit to operate a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the subsequent expiration of such permit, shall be entitled to continue to operate a motor vehicle without obtaining a new permit therefor, subject to the Posesion of last conditions herein imposed. Such person shall, while operating a motor vehicle under the provisions of this Act, carry upon his person the last permit to operate a motor vehicle issued to him, which shall have been valid at the time of his entry into one of the services enu- merated herein and shall not have been revoked or suspended subse- Evidnc of seric quent thereto, and shall also carry upon his person conclusive evi- dence of the fact that he is a member of one of such services. Newpermita "Any person applying for a new permit to operate an automobile who presents conclusive evidence to the Director of Vehicles and Traffic that he is physically qualified to operate an automobile, that the last permit issued to him has become invalid solely by expiration of time, that he is a member of one of the services enumerated herein or was a member thereof within three months of the date of his 806 [58 STAT.
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