Emergency Legislationįor temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 302(a) of Public Safety Legislation Sixty-Day Layover Emergency Amendment Act of 2010 (D.C. Wearing of masks for specified purposes, see § 22-3312.03. Cross Referencesīurning of cross or other religious symbol, see § 22-3312.02.Ĭonduct of prosecutions under this section, see § 22-1809.ĭefacement of public or private building or property, see § 22-3312.01.ĭisorderly conduct in public buildings and grounds, see § 22-3311. Law 19-320 rewrote this section and the section heading. Law 19-317 substituted “not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01” for “not more than $500”. “It shall not be lawful for any person or persons within the District of Columbia to congregate and assemble in any street, avenue, alley, road, or highway, or in or around any public building or inclosure, or any park or reservation, or at the entrance of any private building or inclosure, and engage in loud and boisterous talking or other disorderly conduct, or to insult or make rude or obscene gestures or comments or observations on persons passing by, or in their hearing, or to crowd, obstruct, or incommode, the free use of any such street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or any of the foot pavements thereof, or the free entrance into any public or private building or inclosure it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to curse, swear, or make use of any profane language or indecent or obscene words, or engage in any disorderly conduct in any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, public park or inclosure, public building, church, or assembly room, or in any other public place, or in any place wherefrom the same may be heard in any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, public park or inclosure, or other building, or in any premises other than those where the offense was committed, under a penalty of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both for each and every such offense.” Law 18-375 rewrote the section, which formerly read: (c) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “demonstration” means marching, congregating, standing, sitting, lying down, parading, demonstrating, or patrolling by one or more persons, with or without signs, for the purpose of persuading one or more individuals, or the public, or to protest some action, attitude, or belief. (b) (1) It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others, to engage in a demonstration in an area where it is otherwise unlawful to demonstrate and to continue or resume engaging in a demonstration after being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease engaging in a demonstration. (2) To continue or resume the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding after being instructed by a law enforcement officer to cease the crowding, obstructing, or incommoding. (D) The passage through or within any park or reservation and (C) The use of or passage through any public building or public conveyance or (B) The entrance of any public or private building or enclosure (A) The use of any street, avenue, alley, road, highway, or sidewalk (a) It is unlawful for a person, alone or in concert with others:
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