Section 14. Delayed Effect of Certain Sections.

Section 4.06 through 4.11, section 4.20, and section 4.25 shall
become effective January 6, 1971. Sections 4.26 through 4.30 shall
become effective upon the completion of the initial allocation of
offices, agencies, and instrumentalities, among and within princi-
pal departments by law pursuant to section 12 of this schedule.

JUDICIAL BRANCH

Section 15. Judicial Power.

Section 5.01 shall not become effective as to the District Court
until January 1, 1970. The judicial power vested in the Orphans'
Courts as of June 30, 1968, shall continue until January 1, 1971.
The judicial power vested in the justices of the peace, People's
Courts, Municipal Courts and the Housing Court of Baltimore
County as of June 30, 1968, shall continue until January 1, 1970.
Each of such justices of the peace and each of such courts other
than the Orphans' Courts shall have until January 1, 1970, and
the Orphans' Courts shall have until January 1, 1971, the powers
and jurisdiction vested in each of them, respectively, on June 30,
1968, subject to such changes as the General Assembly may pre-
scribe by law.

Section 16. Pending Causes—Appellate Courts and Trial Courts
of General Jurisdiction.

All matters pending on June 30, 1968, in (a) the Court of
Appeals, (b) the Court of Special Appeals, and (c) the Circuit
Court for any county, the Superior Court of Baltimore City, the
Court of Common Pleas, the Baltimore City Court, the Criminal
Court of Baltimore, the Circuit Court of Baltimore City,
the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City, and the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City shall be decided or otherwise disposed
of, respectively, in (a) the Court of Appeals created by this Con-
stitution, (b) the Intermediate Appellate Court, and (c) the
Superior Court in the county in which the matter was pending
on June 30, 1968, unless lawfully removed therefrom.

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