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Sec. 489(66). Report of convictions to be sent to department.


(a) The civil and police justice shall keep a full record of
every case in which a person is charged with violation of any
provision of this section and in the event that such person is convicted
or that his bail is forfeited, an abstract of such record shall
be sent forthwith by the civil and police justice to the department.

(b) Abstracts required by this subsection shall be made upon
forms prepared by the department and shall include all necessary
information as to the parties to the case, the nature of the offense,
the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, the amount of the
fine or forfeiture, as the case may be, and every such abstract
shall be certified by said justice or clerk of such court, as a true
abstract of the records of the court.

(c) Each clerk of any court of record of this City shall also,
within ten days after any final judgment of conviction of any violation
of any of the provisions of this section, send to the department
a certified copy of such judgment of conviction. Certified
copies of the judgment shall also be forwarded to the department


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upon conviction of any person of manslaughter or other felony
in the commission of which a vehicle was used.

(d) Wilful failure, refusal or neglect to comply with any of
the provisions of this subsection shall subject the person who is
guilty thereof, to a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more
than fifty dollars, and may be grounds for removal from office.
Charges for dereliction of the duties imposed by this subsection
shall be tried by the court of record having jurisdiction over the
officer whose neglect is complained of, and the proceedings shall
be upon an informal complaint of any person.