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MARYLAND MANUAL 621
Chapter 789—Acts of 1969
An Act to propose certain amendments to the Constitution of Mary-
land by the amendment of Sections 1, 2, 4A, 4B, and 18A of Article
IV, title "Judiciary Department," subtitles "Part I—General Provi-
sions" and "Part II—Courts of Appeal"; and by the amendment of
Section 6 of Article XV, title "Miscellaneous"; and by the repeal of
Sections 41A, 41B and 41C of Article IV thereof, subtitles "Part V-A—
People's Courts" and "Part V-B—Municipal Court"; and by the repeal
of Sections 42 and 43 of Article IV, subtitle "Part VI—Justices of the
Peace"; and by the enactment of new Sections 41A to 41-1, inclusive,
in said Article IV, subtitle "Part VI—District Court," providing that
the powers of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities shall include
the power to require persons to testify and produce evidence by grant-
ing them immunity from prosecution or from penalty or forfeiture;
that said Commission may recommend to the Court of Appeals the
removal or retirement of a judge; that the Court of Appeals shall
prescribe rules concerning the Commission; that the Court of Appeals,
upon recommendation of the Commission, after a hearing and upon
making certain findings, may remove a judge from office, censure him
or retire him from office; that a judge so removed and his surviving
spouse shall have rights and privileges accruing from his judicial serv-
ice only to the extent prescribed by the order of removal; that a judge
so retired shall have the rights and privileges prescribed by law for
other retired judges; that no judge shall sit in any hearing involving
his own removal or retirement; creating a system of District Courts
in this State, providing for the appointment and confirmation by the
Senate of judges in these courts, making provision for the jurisdiction,
powers, duties, and operations of the several District Courts, changing
the powers and duties of certain other officers and agencies with re-
spect to the District Courts, abolishing certain other courts and judi-
cial officers being superseded by the District Courts and its judges,
relating generally to a system of District Courts in this State author-
izing procedures for the postponement of the creation of certain Dis-
trict Courts, and submitting these amendments to the qualified voters
of the State for adoption or rejection.

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