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PUBLIC LAW 91-538-DEC. 9, 1970
SEC. 4. (a) The Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1189), is amended— (1) by striking out section 1261 (D.C. Code, sec. 34-103) and by redesignating sections 1263 and 1264 as 1261 and 1262, respectively; and (2) ] ^ striking out in the section redesignated as section 1261 (D.C. Code, sec. 34-104) "by any of the last three sections" and inserting in lieu thereof "by section 1260". (b) The Act entitled "An Act establishing the liability of hotel proprietors and innkeepers in the District of Columbia", approved December 21, 1920 (D.C. Code, secs. 34-101 and 34-102), is repealed, Approved December 8, 1970.
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To enact the Interstate Agreement on Detainers into law.
December 9, 1970
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Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may interstate be cited as the "Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act". Detai^^rs A^t. SEC. 2. The Interstate Agreement on Detainers is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of the District of Columbia with all jurisdictions legally joining in substantially the following form: "The contracting States solemnly agree that: "ARTICLE I
"The party States find that charges outstanding against a prisoner, detainers based on untried indictments, informations, or complaints and difficulties in securing speedy trial of persons already incarcerated in other jurisdictions, produce uncertainties which obstruct programs of prisoner treatment and rehabilitation. Accordingly, it is the policy of the party States and the purpose of this agreement to encourage the expeditious and orderly disposition of such charges and determination of the proper status of any and all detainers based on untried indictments, informations, or complaints. The party States also find that proceedings with reference to such charges and detainers, when emanating from another jurisdiction, cannot properly be had in the absence of cooperative procedures. I t is the further purpose of this agreement to provide such cooperative procedures.
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