Section 10-102. Permit for equipping automobiles with radio receiving sets capable of receiving signals on frequencies allocated for police use; fee  


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  • a. It shall be unlawful for any person to equip an automobile with  a radio receiving set capable of receiving signals  on  the  frequencies
      allocated  for  police use, or use or possess an automobile so equipped,
      without a permit issued by  the  police  commissioner,  in  his  or  her
      discretion,  and in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner
      may prescribe. Such permit shall  expire  one  year  from  the  date  of
      issuance  thereof,  unless sooner revoked by the commissioner, and shall
      not be transferred from the vehicle in which it  was  installed  at  the
      time the license was issued. The annual fee shall be twenty-five dollars
      for  each  automobile  so  equipped.  A  permit  may be renewed upon the
      payment of a like sum and under like conditions.
        b. The police commissioner is authorized, in his or her discretion, to
      issue permits for radio receiving sets capable of receiving  signals  on
      the  frequencies  allocated to police use to employees of federal, state
      and municipal bureaus and departments without requiring the  payment  of
      the annual fee herein provided.
        c.  Violations.  Any  person  who  shall violate any provision of this
      section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by  a  fine  of  not
      more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for thirty days, or both.