Sec. 502. District of Columbia courts
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Subject to subsections (b), (c), and
(d)of this section, the laws made applicable to the judicial branch of the Federal Government under section 102 of this Act shall also be applicable to the courts of the District of Columbia. Notwithstanding section 602(a)(4) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (sec. 1–206.02(a)(4), D.C. Official Code), and subject to subsection
(c)of this section, the Council of the District of Columbia may enact any act necessary to implement subsection
(a)of this section with respect to the courts of the District of Columbia, including by providing for the reporting and investigation of and remedies for violations of the laws made applicable by subsection (a). Nothing in this section shall authorize any amendment to chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Official Code (relating to the appointment, removal, and retirement of judges of the District of Columbia courts) or any provision that would displace that chapter as the exclusive means by which a judge of the District of Columbia courts may be removed from office. Subsection
(a)shall take effect upon the enactment of legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia under the authority granted to it by subsection (b).