SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1167

81A.

Any licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or State's
attorney of this State, or the Attorney General of this State, or their
representatives, any information such licensee may acquire as to
any criminal offense, but he shall not divulge to any other person
except as he may be required by law so to do any information ac-
quired by him except at the direction of the employer or client from
whom, the information was obtained.

86 A.

Any person who shall be entrusted with a badge, holster, shield,
or any other equipment bearing the name, trademark or tradename
of any licensed private detective or detective agency, or indicating
that such person is a private detective, employee of a private detec-
tive agency, a private policeman, a private guard or watchman, who
does not return such badge, holster, or other equipment to the owner
thereof, within ten days of the termination of his employment or the
receipt by him of a request to return same (whichever shall last
occur), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

90. Enforcement; hearings; revocations; suspension; penalty.

(a)   The Superintendent shall appoint an officer of the State
Police, other than himself, of the rank of lieutenant or above, who
shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, and who
may on his own motion, shall cause an investigation to be conducted
of every allegation of any misrepresentation , MISCONDUCT or
false statement prohibited by this subtitle. Following such investiga-
tion, the Superintendent may hold a hearing, subject to the provisions
of Section 91 hereof, at which he shall make a determination whether
any violation of this subtitle or any misrepresentation , MISCON-
DUCT or false statement prohibited by this subtitle has been will-
fully made.

(b)  Notwithstanding that the same offense may constitute a mis-
demeanor, in the event the Superintendent shall following such hear-
ing, find any person, firm, association or corporation has willfully:

(1)  Engaged in or conducted the private detective business, or
has engaged as a private detective or investigator or advertised his
or its business to be a private detective agency, business or investi-
gator without having first obtained from the Superintendent a
license to conduct such business; or

(2)  Made a false statement or misrepresentation in the course of
an application for any license hereunder; or

(3)  Made a false statement or misrepresentation in any annual
report, form or certificate required to be submitted to the Superin-
tendent hereunder; the license of such person, firm, association or
corporation shall be revoked (if theretofore issued) by the Superin-
tendent.

(c)  In the event the Superintendent shall, following a hearing,
make a determination that any person, firm, association or corpora-
tion has willfully violated any other provision of this subtitle or has
willfully made any other false statement or misrepresentation pro-
hibited by this subtitle, the Superintendent shall impose a fine up to