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petency of Witnesses", be and they are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5.

(c)   Exception in certain counties for prosecutions for violating
gambling laws.—Nothing in sub-section (a) of this section shall
prohibit the use of such evidence in Anne Arundel County, Howard
County, Prince George's County, Cecil County, Wicomico County
[and] , Worcester County and Talbot County in the prosecution of
any person for a violation of the gambling laws as contained in Sec-
tions 303 to 329, inclusive, of Article 27, sub-title "Gaming", or in any
laws amending or supplementing said sub-title.

(d)   Exception in certain counties for prosecutions for violating
lottery laws.—Nothing in sub-section (a) of this section shall pro-
hibit the use of such evidence in Prince George's, Howard, Wicomico
[and] , Worcester and Talbot counties in the prosecution of any
person for a violation of the lottery laws as contained in Sections
423 to 438, inclusive, of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition) as amended or supplemented from time to time,
sub-title "Lotteries".

5B.

No evidence in the trial of misdemeanors shall be deemed admis-
sible where the same shall have been procured by, through or in con-
sequence 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 Wicomico County and Talbot
County in the prosecution of any person for a violation of the alco-
holic beverage laws as contained in Article 2B of this Code, or in any
laws amending or supplementing said Article. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to repeal in part or in whole, or to effect in any
manner any provision elsewhere in this Code specifically exempting
any type of case or set of facts from the workings and operations
of this section or Sections 5 and 5A hereinabove.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 10, 1957.

CHAPTER 460
(Senate Bill 274)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, sub-sections
10(a), 11 (e) and 14(c) of Article 95A of the Annotated Code of

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.