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operate or be an occupant of any motor vehicle he knows or has reason to
believe has been stolen, and any person who shall intentionally make any
false statement or misrepresentation either orally or in writing to said
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or to any of his deputies or employees,
or to any other person whatsoever for the purpose of securing a certificate
of title or a transfer or assignment of such certificate of title to himself or
to some other person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars
($500. 00) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5, 000. 00) or by impris-
onment for not more than five ( 5 ) years, or by both fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the Court. This provision shall not be regarded as
exclusive of other penalties prescribed by existing or any future law for
the larceny or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. In the case of manu-
facturers and dealers in motor vehicles, motorcycles, side-cars or trailers,
all of which are intended to be covered by this and all other provisions of
this section, a separate certificate of title, either of such dealer's immedi-
ate vendor, or of the dealer himself, shall be required in the case of each
used or second-hand motor vehicle in his possession, and the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles shall determine the form in which applications for such
certificate of title and assignments thereof shall be made, in case forms
differing from those used in the case of individuals are in his judgment
reasonably required; provided, however, that no such certificate shall be
required in the case of new motor vehicles owned by and in the hands, pos-
session, or custody of dealers as the term "dealers" is defined in Sections;
173 and 180 of this Article.

In the case of a lost certificate, the loss of which is accounted for to the
satisfaction of the Commissioner, a duplicate may be issued the charge
therefor to be fifty cents (50c. ).

Any person who shall himself alter or forge any certificate of title issued
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this
section, or any assignment thereof, or who shall hold or use any such cer-
tificate or assignment knowing the same to have been altered or forged,
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction in a court of crim-
inal jurisdiction other than the Traffic Court, shall be required to pay a
fine of not more than one thousand ($1, 000. 00) or be imprisoned in the
Maryland Penitentiary for a period of not more than one (1) year, or be
both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the Court.

Provision conferring upon justice right to try person charged with offense
punishable by fine of $5, 000 and imprisonment for five years, with right of
appeal, is constitutional. Dougherty v. Supt., etc., 144 Md. 206.

Registration under this section does not take place of recording required by
art. 21, sec. 55—see notes thereto. In re Rosen, 23 F. (2d), (Dist. Ct. Md. ). 687.

See notes to sec. 173.

Cited but not construed in Baltimore v. Fine, 148 Md. 325. (See notes to sec.
183. )

1927, ch. 372.

202A. Where a change of title, ownership or right of possession of
any motor vehicle is effected by the exercise of the right of repossession
contained in a lien instrument or is the result of a judicial decree, order