(a) Any person, persons, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, or employee, violating §§ 1-303.21 to 1-303.23 or any of the regulations promulgated pursuant to said sections shall, upon conviction thereof in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, be fined not less than $5 nor more than $200 for each and every offense, and a like fine shall be imposed for each and every day thereafter that such violation of law shall continue: Provided, that the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be printed in one of the daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, and no penalty prescribed for the violation of said regulations shall be enforced until 30 days after the publication of such regulations.
(b) Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of §§ 1-303.21 to 1-303.23, or any rules or regulations issued under the authority of §§ 1-303.21 to 1-303.23, pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2. Adjudication of any infraction of §§ 1-303.21 to 1-303.23 shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2.
CREDIT(S)
(Mar. 3, 1931, 46 Stat. 1486, ch. 399, § 4; Apr. 1, 1942, 56 Stat. 190, ch. 207, § 1; July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, Pub. L. 88-60, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(a); Oct. 5, 1985, D.C. Law 6-42, § 457, 32 DCR 4450.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-327.
1973 Ed., § 1-233.
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2(d) of the Sign Regulation Emergency Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-387, July 11, 2012, 59 DCR 8491).
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-42, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-303.01