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Office of ~he U~re~tc= cf ~ivilian Protection
Griffing llV2nt..e River:18ud, New York
April 8, 1943
TO "LL JUSTICES OF THE PEaCE aND POLICE JUDGES OF THt!; COUNTY OF
SUF:?OLK:
Attention is respectfully called to Chapter 171 of the Laws of
1943 re~ently enacted, which amends the New Ycrk State War Emergency
Act generally. Among the changes made in the nev; law are the fol-
lowing:
1. S~bdivision D of Section 100, which defines the term
"infraction" no';\' r.:;)ac.s as foJ.lows:
(d) "Infl'action" shall mean a violation of any law or duly
p!"oJ)'llga tee: rule, regula tioh or order (where a penel ty or
atl"er pUili.:;h.rlwnt is pl'escribed by this act and) (1) which
is expressly declared to be an infraction by this act, or
(2) WIden is not expressly declared by this act to be
e:!th':;)r a I:'lisdtJl.'leanor or an infraction but where a penalty
0:' ether runi.sh.:nent is prescrihed by this act. An inf:-:-ac-
t~on ~s nCe a criI:'l€ ana the peralty or punishment imposed
tLer.dcr ::.:hall not te c.ee::led for ::.ny pt:rp.)s€ a penal or
c1imin,,1 pen:ll ty.)r pur.is:-unent, ana 3:'1<:.11 not impose any
dl.?abUi t:,r upnr. 01' affect or ilUpa:.r the e=edibili ty as a
l~itr.G~s, ur otherwise, of any per30n ~Qnvieted ther.eof.
For thE:> purposE:> of eonferl'ir.g ~<l'['isdiction upon courts
and jltdicial officers gencrallJ(, ;mbj 8t:t to the pl'ovisions
of section one huudred cne-a of this :let, fueh iru:'raetions
shell be deemed misdemeanors "-lid 1''''r' %.ch purpose onl:' all
provisions of law relating to wi3d8me~ncrs snaIl apply to
infractions.
2. SuhQivi~ion one of Section 101 is amended by deleting the
worns "ur COl'po:c&.tion" from the subdivision,
3. Se~tion 103 i!'l emended by adding a hew subdivision called
subdivi.sion six, '''Ul~.ch read." a!'l follows:
6. Any person who shall wilfully violate or disobey any
promulgatod rule, regulation or o"der, for which a person
iz n0t declared to be guilty of e:.th3r a misdemeanor or an
ir..fraction Ll any of tte lJre::ec~in..i ~ube.ivisioIlS of this
!lGction, Clr ':JY or ru:rsl,;,an'.; to €,ny ot:tel' p:'ov is:.on of ttis
act, shall be ~uilty of an infl'ac:icil,
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4, A new section, Section lOl-~, is added, which reads as
follows:
101-a. Jurisdiction of courts concerning violations.
Courts of speci...l sessions outside the city of New York
and city magistrates' courts in the city of New York, in
the fi::'st i~,.st3.nce, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to
hea::' a~d deter~1r-e charges of violations constituting mis-
demeanors or infractions under this act or under any rule,
regulation or order duly promulgated pursuant to this act,
committed within the territorial ju::'isdiction of such courts.
Such exclusive jurisdiction in the case of ~isdemeanors
ehall be subject to removal to ~not~er court or to divest-
ment on accoent of indic'vment or ot:lE'rwise in the samE.
manner and 'co the same exte"lt as is now or Ulay hereafter
be p:'ovj.ded by law w:. tho I'espect to charges of misde.aeanors
gene:::-aL'.y in such respective c01lrts,
5. A new section, Scction 104-a, is added, which reads as
follows:
104-a. powers of me~be~s of mu~iciDcl and volunteer agen-
cies to 0.et".in ~'('r i.1,fr;.tctions. An:'! pe:'scn \.ho is a meill-
bel' Of a m~n1cippl or volunt0er agency, jn the course of
his auty as SUCh ani wh1~e ~~erl~g 0: difplaying a dis-
tin~ui3h:.ng bras~ard or other ill~ig~le 1r~icbtive of
&uthori tJ', oay s':op and r'.et".1n any p",rsol". 0'1 account of
an ::'nfr~cti'Jn cocmittEd ]:'y :3uch per;or 1r\ t"le presence of
SUC:l mc!;)ber, and lDal f:)r:hw:'.. tl: tt'.rr. him over to a peace
officer .\ho lDay arrJl't h::'m -.vi.t.hO\.:t a v<,arrant on the cr.arge
of committingi;he violation cu:situttr.g the ir;fractior..
6. The War Emergenc:r Act) includi ng all of the foregoing pro-
visions is in force and effece only u~t.il ~trll 1st, 1144.
Courts of Special Sessions, which inclv.de all of the Justices
of the Peace Courts ane. Police Judge Courts of this County. nov!
possess jurisd~ction to hear and deteroin3 violations constituting
'Ili:;de>nee.nu!'s ~nd lnfractions ur;de.:' the ac'.;. This jurisdiction will
cOi'.tinue in th", C;unr,ts only until July 1st, 1944, unless the pro-
V1fio~s of the War Emergency Act are continued thereafter by some
fU-:'urJ leg;islatLm..
Respectfully submitted,
FR".:D J. MlTNDFR
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FLOYD D. HOUSTOn,
DIPECT0P CIVILIAN PROTECTION
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