184 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 84

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved March 23, 1953.

CHAPTER 84
(Senate Bill 223)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
5 of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951
Edition), title "Evidence", sub-title "Competency of
Witnesses", relating to the admissibility of evidence
obtained in Worcester County during the course of an
illegal search and seizure in the prosecution of any per-
son for violations of the gambling laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5 of Article 35 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Evidence", sub-title "Com-
petency of Witnesses", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5. No evidence in the trial of misdemeanors shall be
deemed admissible where the same shall have been pro-
cured by, through, or in consequence of any illegal search
or seizure or of any search and seizure prohibited by the
Declaration of Rights of this State; nor shall any evidence
in such cases be admissible if procured by, through or in
consequence of a search and seizure, the effect of the
admission of which would be to compel one to give evidence
against himself in a criminal case; provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of such
evidence in Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Anne Arun-
del, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Kent,
Prince George's, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Washington, Wi-
comico and Worcester Counties, in the prosecution of any
person for unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon. Pro-
vided, further, that nothing in this section shall prohibit
the use of such evidence in Anne Arundel, Wicomico, Wor-
cester and Prince George's Counties in the prosecution of
any person for a violation of the gambling laws as con-

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