Any person who either personally or as agent of any other person, or of any firm, corporation, or company, furnishes or sells or offers for sale to any minor under 16 any article of any description to be used for the purpose of sale or distribution in any public place shall first ascertain that said minor wears the badge issued by the Board of Education in plain sight as herein provided, and if said minor has no badge, no article shall be furnished or sold to the minor. Any person who fails to comply with the foregoing provision, or who furnishes or sells or offers for sale to any minor any article of any description, with the knowledge that the minor intends to sell or distribute such article in violation of any provision of this subchapter, or after having received written notice from any officer charged with the enforcement of this subchapter that such minor is selling such article in violation of any provision of this subchapter, or any person who procures any minor to violate any provision of this subchapter shall for a 1st offense be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and for any subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, or by imprisonment for not less than 30 nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Whoever, having under control or custody any minor, permits or consents to the violation by such minor of any of the provisions of §§ 32-215 to 32-220 shall for a 1st offense be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment of not less than 5 nor more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and for any subsequent offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $200, or by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the distribution or circulation, by a minor, of political literature or petitions, or such other materials, for which the minor receives no pecuniary compensation.
(May 29, 1928, 45 Stat. 1005, ch. 908, § 23; renumbered as § 20 and amended June 15, 1976, D.C. Law 1-68, § 2(24), 23 DCR 526.)
1981 Ed., § 36-520.
1973 Ed., § 36-223.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 2 - Employment of Minors
§ 32–201. Employment of minors under 14 years of age; distribution of newspapers permitted
§ 32–204. Employment of minors under 16 years of age in certain occupations prohibited; exception
§ 32–205. Employment of minors under 18 years of age in certain occupations prohibited
§ 32–207. Work or vacation permit — Procurement by employer
§ 32–208. Work or vacation permit — Issue by Board of Education; contents; records of applicants
§ 32–209. Work or vacation permit — Application requirements
§ 32–212. Employer to furnish, on demand, proof of age of employee
§ 32–214. Board of Education to enforce law; inspection of places in which minors are employed
§ 32–216. Street-trades badges — Required
§ 32–217. Street-trades badges — Application requirements
§ 32–218. Street-trades badges — Contents; record to be kept; badges not transferable
§ 32–219. Violation of §§ 32-215 to 32-221; revocation of badge or work permit
§ 32–221. Loitering around business establishments prohibited during school hours; penalty