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[CITE: 40USC193s]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 193s. Prosecution and punishment; Smithsonian grounds

    Whoever violates any provision of sections 193o to 193q of this 
title, or any regulation prescribed under section 193r of this title, 
shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than sixty 
days, or both, prosecution for such offenses to be had in the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, upon information by the United States 
attorney or any of his assistants: Provided, That in any case where, in 
the commission of such offense, property is damaged in an amount 
exceeding $100, the amount of the fine for the offense may be not more 
than $5,000, the period of imprisonment for the offense may be not more 
than five years and prosecution shall be had in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia by indictment, or if the 
defendant, after he has been advised of the nature of the charge and of 
his rights, waives in open court prosecution by indictment, by 
information by the United States attorney or any of his assistants.

(Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 559, Sec. 6, 65 Stat. 635; Pub. L. 87-873, Sec. 1, 
Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1171; Pub. L. 88-60, Sec. 1, July 8, 1963, 77 
Stat. 77; Pub. L. 91-358, title I, Sec. 155(a), July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 
570.)

                         Change of Name

    ``District of Columbia Court of General Sessions'' substituted for 
``Municipal Court for the District of Columbia'' pursuant to Pub. L. 87-
873 and Pub. L. 88-60 which both redesignated ``Municipal Court for the 
District of Columbia'' as ``District of Columbia Court of General 
Sessions''. ``District of Columbia Court of General Sessions'' changed 
to ``Superior Court of the District of Columbia'' pursuant to Pub. L. 
91-358, which provides that such change is effective first day of 
seventh calendar month which begins after July 29, 1970.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 193v of this title.
