District Of Columbia § 5-103.01 - Publication authorized.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 5-103.01 — Publication authorized., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-103.01. Publication authorized.
5-103.01The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, from time to time, without expense to the United States, to cause to be collected into compact form all the laws and ordinances in force in the District having relation and applicable to police and health, and to publish the same in a form easily accessible to all members of the community as the Police Code of the District.
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Section 5-103.01 ("Publication authorized.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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