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rant was issued. If, at any time, on application to a Judge
of the Circuit Court of any County or of the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City, it appears that the property taken is not
the same as that described in the warrant or that there is
no probable cause for believing the existence of the grounds
on which the warrant was issued, said judge must cause it
to be restored to the person from whom it was taken; but
if it appears that the property taken is the same as that
described in the warrant and that there is probable cause
for believing the existence of the grounds on which the war-
rant was issued, then said judge shall order the same re-
tained in the custody of the person seizing it or to be other-
wise disposed of according to law.

307. Sections 527 to (and including) 531 of this Article
(perjury and subornation of perjury) shall apply to and
embrace all persons making oath or affirmation or procuring
the same under the provisions of Sections 306 and 307, and
such persons shall be subject to all the pains and penalties
of said sections.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved December 19, 1949.