(a) Each act of the Council of the District of Columbia shall have an enacting clause only in the 1st section of each act and such enacting clause shall be in the following form: “Be it enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia,”.
(b) Each resolution of the Council of the District of Columbia shall have a resolving clause in the following form: “Resolved, by the Council of the District of Columbia,”.
(c) Each section of each act or resolution shall be numbered consecutively.
(Sept. 23, 1975, D.C. Law 1-17, § 3, 22 DCR 1991.)
1981 Ed., § 1-231.
1973 Ed., § 1-146b.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 3 - Specified Governmental Authority
Subchapter I - Additional Governmental Powers and Responsibilities
§ 1–301.42. Legislative immunity
§ 1–301.43. Obstruction of Council proceedings and investigations; penalty
§ 1–301.44. Independence established and recognized
§ 1–301.44a. Independence of legislative branch information technology
§ 1–301.44b. Legislative branch information technology acquisition
§ 1–301.45. Construction of terms set forth in acts and resolutions
§ 1–301.46. Enacting and resolving clauses in acts and resolutions; numbering of sections