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QUESTIONS: 1. May the municipal court of the Town of LauderdaleBy-The-Sea rule on the constitutionality of a municipal penal ordinance? 2. Are municipal traffic ordinances enacted prior to the effective date of Ch. 316, F.S., valid subsequent to that date, if such ordinances are proper subjects for municipal traffic regulations?

SUMMARY: The municipal court of the Town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea has the power to rule on the constitutionality of a municipal penal ordinance when such constitutional question is properly raised in a proper proceeding of a criminal nature before that court. Municipal…