244          Laws of Maryland         [Ch. 27

direct that a copy of said order be forthwith served on
said attorney. If it appear that said charges cannot be
served on said attorney within the State, the same may be
served upon him without the State by mail or otherwise,
as the Court shall by its order direct.

13. Charges of professional misconduct, malpractice,
fraud, deceit, crime involving moral turpitude,

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against any attorney at law may
be filed in any court where such attorney is admitted to
practice by any bar association acting through its appro-
priate committee or by any group of five or more members
of the bar and thereupon such proceedings shall be had as
if said charges had been filed by the court and specified in
the order directing the prosecution thereof, referred to in
the preceding section. IN ADDITION, ANY BAR ASSO-
CIATION OF THE STATE, ACTING THROUGH ITS
APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE, MAY FILE CHARGES
OF BEING A SUBVERSIVE PERSON, AS DEFINED
BY THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES ACT OF 1949,
AGAINST ANY ATTORNEY AT LAW, IN ANY COURT
WHERE SUCH ATTORNEY IS ADMITTED TO PRAC-
TICE, AND THEREUPON, SUCH PROCEEDINGS
SHALL BE HAD AS IF SAID CHARGES HAD BEEN
FILED BY THE COURT AND SPECIFIED IN THE
ORDER DIRECTING THE PROSECUTION THEREOF,
REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING SECTION.

16.  Every attorney who shall, after having an oppor-
tunity to be heard, as provided in the preceding section, be
found guilty of professional misconduct, malpractice,
fraud, deceit, crime involving moral turpitude, [or] con-
duct prejudicial to the administration of justice, or of being
a subversive person, as defined by the Subversive Activities
Act of 1949, shall, by order of the judges finding him
guilty, be suspended or disbarred from the practice of his
profession in this State.

17.  Every attorney who shall, after a hearing held as
hereinbefore prescribed, be found guilty of professional
misconduct, malpractice, fraud, deceit, crime involving
moral turpitude, [or] conduct prejudicial to the adminis-
tration of justice, or of being a subversive person, as de-
fined by the Subversive Activities Act of 1949, shall have
the right of appeal to the Court of Appeals of Maryland,
as in civil cases, except the Court of Appeals shall have the
right to review the entire proceedings and affirm, modify,