HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1948-754 False crime reports (Repealed by 1044)754
ORDIiNANCE NO. 754
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
PROHIBITING FILING OF FALSE
CRIME REPORTS WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALI-
FORNIA.
The City Council of the City of
National City, California, DOES OR-
DAIN:
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation,
either as principal, agent, servant or
employee, to wilfuly and knowingly
report to the Police Department of
the City of National City, or any
member or agency thereof or to any
law enforcement agency or officer
of the City of National City, County
of San Diego, State of California,
and/or of the United States of Ameri-
ca, within the City of National City,
any false event, circumstance, fact
or accusation, calculated, designed or
intended to furnish the basis for any
investigation, arrest or prosecution.
SECTION 2. Proof under the fore-
going section that any person, firm
or corporation, either as principal,
agent, servant or employee, did in
fact report to the Police Department
of the City of National City, or any
member or agency thereof or to any
law enforcement agency or officer of
the City of National City, County of
San Diego, State of California, and/or
of the United States of America,
within the City of National City, any
false event, circumstance, fact or ac-
cusation, calculated, designed or in-
tended to furnish the basis for any
investigation, arrest, or prosecution,
shall constitute prima facie proof
that he did so, wilfully and know-
ingly.
SECTION 3. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
by imprisonment in the City or Coun-
ty Jail for a period of not more than
six (6) months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 4. If any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held
to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordin-
ance. The Council hereby declares
that it would have passed this or-
dinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase thereof,
irrespective of the fact of any one
or more other sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases being
declared unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force on the
thirty-first day from and after its
passa ge.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk is
hereby directed to publish this or-
dinance once in the National City
News, a newspaper of weekly cir-
cu'ation, printed and published in
the City of National City, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the
City Council of the City of National
C'ty, California, this 3rd day of No-
vember, 1948, by the following vote,
to -wit :
AYES: Councilmen Adams, Curry,
Matthews, Thatcher, Fritz.
NAYS: Councilmen None.
ABSENT: None.
GILBERT E. FRITZ,
Mayor of the City of
National City, California.
ATTEST: Frank W. Rogers,
City Clerk.
I hereby approve the foregoing Or-
dinance this 3rd day of November,
1948.
GILBERT E. FRITZ,
Mayor of the City of
National City, California.
I hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a full and true copy of
Ordinance No. 754 of the Ordinances
of the City of National City, Cali-
fornia, as adopted by the City Coun-
cil of said City, and approved by the
Mayor of said City, on the 3rd day
of November, 1948.
FRANK W. ROGERS,
City Clerk of the City of
National City, California.
(SEAL)
News : It ; 11-12; Jno. 1850.