D.C. Code § 5-103.02
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§ 5-103.02. Legal effect.
Official statutory text
The Police Code, prepared in accordance with § 5-103.01 and such rules as the Mayor of the District of Columbia may from time to time adopt for the purpose of enforcing and carrying out the provisions thereof, shall constitute the law of the District upon the matters therein contained.
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