Arrests, searches and seizures without warrant.
Effective Mar 16, 1982June 20, 1938, 52 Stat. 787, ch. 532, § 2; July 24, 1956, 70 Stat. 618, ch. 676, title III, § 301(b); Aug. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 4-29, § 604(a)(3); Mar. 16, 1982, D.C. Law 4-77, § 3, 29 DCR 46
- (a) Repealed.
- (b) Arrests without a warrant, and searches of the person and seizures pursuant thereto, may be made for a violation of subsection (a) of this section hereof by police officers, as in the case of a felony, upon probable cause that the person arrested is violating such subsection at the time of his arrest.
- (c) No evidence discovered in the course of any such arrest, search, or seizure authorized by subsection (b) of this section hereof shall be admissible in any criminal proceeding against the person arrested unless at the time of such arrest he was violating the provisions of this section.
History
June 20, 1938, 52 Stat. 787, ch. 532, § 2
July 24, 1956, 70 Stat. 618, ch. 676, title III, § 301(b)
Aug. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 4-29, § 604(a)(3)
Mar. 16, 1982, D.C. Law 4-77, § 3, 29 DCR 46
Editor's Notes
Former § 33-502 was redesignated to be § 33-564 1981 Ed. upon enactment of D.C. Law 4-29.
Prior Codifications
1973 Ed., § 33-402.
1981 Ed., § 33-564.