District of Columbia Code
Chapter 45 - Weapons and Possession of Weapons
§ 22–4515. Penalties

Any violation of any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
(July 8, 1932, 47 Stat. 654, ch. 465, § 15; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 240(c), 60 DCR 2064.)
1981 Ed., § 22-3215.
1973 Ed., § 22-3215.
This section is referenced in § 22-4504 and § 22-4514.
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-317 substituted “not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01” for “not more than $1,000”.
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 6(b) of Sentencing Reform Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-2, February 2, 2001, 48 DCR 2239).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 6(b) of Sentencing Reform Second Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-51, May 2, 2001, 48 DCR 4370).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 240(c) of the Criminal Fine Proportionality Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-45, April 1, 2013, 60 DCR 5400, 20 DCSTAT 1300).
Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties

Chapter 45 - Weapons and Possession of Weapons

§ 22–4501. Definitions

§ 22–4502. Additional penalty for committing crime when armed

§ 22–4502.01. Gun free zones; enhanced penalty

§ 22–4503. Unlawful possession of firearm

§ 22–4503.01. Unlawful discharge of a firearm

§ 22–4503.02. Prohibition of firearms from public or private property

§ 22–4504. Carrying concealed weapons; possession of weapons during commission of crime of violence; penalty

§ 22–4504.01. Authority to carry firearm in certain places and for certain purposes

§ 22–4504.02. Lawful transportation of firearms

§ 22–4505. Exceptions to § 22-4504

§ 22–4506. Issue of a license to carry a pistol

§ 22–4507. Certain sales of pistols prohibited

§ 22–4508. Transfers of firearms regulated

§ 22–4509. Dealers of weapons to be licensed

§ 22–4510. Licenses of weapons dealers; records; by whom granted; conditions

§ 22–4511. False information in purchase of weapons prohibited

§ 22–4512. Alteration of identifying marks of weapons prohibited

§ 22–4513. Exceptions

§ 22–4514. Possession of certain dangerous weapons prohibited; exceptions

§ 22–4515. Penalties

§ 22–4515a. Manufacture, transfer, use, possession, or transportation of Molotov cocktails, or other explosives for unlawful purposes, prohibited; definitions; penalties

§ 22–4516. Severability

§ 22–4517. Dangerous articles; definition; taking and destruction; procedure