Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 53

MOTOR VEHICLES MANDATORY REVOCATION OF LICENSE

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO MANDATORY REVOCATION OF LICENSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That 5605. Sec. 67 of Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by repealing all of said Section and substituting therefor the following:

5605. Sec. 67. Mandatory Revocation of License by the Department:--The Department shall forthwith revoke the license of any person upon receiving a record of the conviction of such person of any of the following crimes:

1. Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle.

2. The crime of assault in which a motor vehicle is used and the death of a human being results.

3. Driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drug.

4. Perjury or the making of a false affidavit to the Department under this Chapter or any other law of this State requiring the registration of motor vehicles or regulating their operation on highways.

5. Any crime punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle Laws of this State or any other felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.

6. Conviction or forfeiture of bail upon three charges of reckless driving all within the preceding twelve months.

7. A conviction of a driver of a motor vehicle, involved in an accident resulting in the death or injury of another person, upon a charge of failing to stop and disclose his identity at the scene of the accident.

Approved March 7, 1947.