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listed in subsection (b), by police officers, as in the case of a felony, upon probable cause that the person arrested is violating the section involved at the time of the arrest. (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to section 209 of this Act (possession of implements of crime), sections 3, 4, and 14 of the Act of July 8, 1932, as amended, providing for the control of dangerous weapons in the District (D. C. Code, secs. 22-3203, 22-3204, and 22-3214), and section 863(a) of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (possession of lottery tickets; D. C. Code, sec. 22-1502). (c) Arrests without a warrant, and searches of the person and seizures pursuant thereto, may be made for violation of section 827 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (petit larceny; D. C. Code, sec. 22-2202), by police officers, as in the case of a felony, upon probable cause that the person arrested has in his possession at the time of the arrest, property taken in violation of that section. (d) No evidence discovered in the course of any arrest, search, or seizure authorized by this section shall be admissible in any criminal proceeding against the person arrested unless at the time of such arrest he was violating one of the sections referred to in subsection (b) or had in his possession property taken in violation of the section referred to in subsection (c).
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SEC. 208. (a) Whoever is found in the District in a gambling establishment or an establishment where intoxicating liquor is sold without a license or any narcotic drug is sold, administered, or dispensed without a license shall, if he knew that it was such an establishment and if he is unable to give a good account of his presence in the establishment, be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $500, or both. (b) Whoever is employed in a gambling establishment in the District or an establishment m the District where intoxicating liquor is sold without a license or where any narcotic drug is sold, administered, or dispensed without a license, knowing that it is such an establishment, shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $500, or both. POSSESSING IMPLEMENTS or CRIME
SEC. 209. (a) No person shall have in his possession in the District any instrument, tool, or other implement for picking locks or pockets, or that is usually employed or reasonably may be employed in the commission of any crime, if he is unable satisfactorily to account for the possession of the implement. Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than one year and may be fined not more than $1,000, unless the violation occurs after he has been convicted in the District of a violation of this section or of a felony, either in the District or in another jurisdiction, in which case he shall be imprisoned for not less than one nor more than ten years. (b) Paragraph (2) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to define and punish vagrancy in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 17, 1941 (D. C. Code, sec. 22-3302), is repealed. U N L A W F U L ASSEMBLY—^PROFANE A N D INDECENT LANGUAGE
SEC. 210. Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District
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