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THAT SUCH WEAPON WAS CARRIED, CONCEALED AS
AFORESAID OR OPENLY, WITH THE DELIBERATE PURPOSE
OF INJURING THE PERSON OR DESTROYING THE LIFE OF
ANOTHER, THE COURT, OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRE-
SIDING IN THE CASE, SHALL IMPOSE THE HIGHEST SEN-
TENCE OF IMPRISONMENT HEREINBEFORE PRESCRIBED.
IN CECIL, ANNE ARUNDEL, TALBOT, HARFORD, CAROLINE,
PRINCE GEORGE'S, MONTGOMERY, WORCESTER AND KENT
COUNTIES IT SHALL ALSO BE UNLAWFUL AND A MISDE-
MEANOR, PUNISHABLE AS ABOVE SET FORTH, FOR ANY
MINOR TO CARRY ANY DANGEROUS OR DEADLY WEAPON
BETWEEN ONE HOUR AFTER SUNSET AND ONE HOUR BE-
FOR SUNRISE, WHETHER CONCEALED OR NOT, EXCEPT
WHILE ON A BONA FIDE HUNTING TRIP, OR EXCEPT WHILE
ENGAGED IN OR ON THE WAY TO OR RETURNING FROM
A BONA FIDE TRAP SHOOT, SPORT SHOOTING EVENT, OR
ANY ORGANIZED CIVIC OR MILITARY ACTIVITY.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that if any provision of this
Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is
held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this
Act are declared to be severable.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved May 6, 1966.

CHAPTER 503
(Senate Bill 118)

AN ACT to add a new Section 13A to Article 35 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title "Evidence",
subtitle "Competency of Witnesses", to follow immediately after
Section 13 thereof, providing that certain disclosures and com-
munications between a patient and a certified psychologist or a
person licensed to practice medicine while acting in the capacity
of a psychiatrist shall be privileged communications under certain
circumstances and relating generally to the terms and conditions
for this privilege.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 13A be and it is hereby added to Article 35 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume), title
"Evidence", subtitle "Competency of Witnesses", to follow imme-
diately after Section 13 thereof, and to read as follows:

13A. (a) As used in this section "patient" means a person who
communicates regarding or receives services for the diagnosis or
treatment of his mental or emotional disorder from a psychiatrist,
certified psychologist, or other persons participating DIRECTLY