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Gerald Ford: “The prohibition on the Council's changing the Criminal Code is necessary because completion of the study for the…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1976
The prohibition on the Council's changing the Criminal Code is necessary because completion of the study for the comprehensive revision and recodification of the Criminal Code by the D.C. Law Revision Commission is a prerequisite to the transfer of jurisdiction to the Council over the D.C. Criminal Code.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Bill To Extend the Period Prohibiting Revision of the District of Columbia Criminal Code.

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