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AND SHALL BE COMMITTED IN DEFAULT OF BAIL TO
AWAIT FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN SUCH COURT OR BE-
FORE SUCH JUSTICE OR ELSEWHERE, THE SAID JUDGE
OR JUSTICE SHALL COMMIT HIM TO THE JAIL OF THE
COUNTY OR CITY WHERE THE CHARGE IS PENDING, OR
TO SUCH INSTITUTION FOR THE CARE OF THE INSANE
AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DESIGNATED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE. THE SAID DE-
PARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL BE NOTIFIED
OF SUCH COMMITMENT, AND SHALL THEREUPON EX-
AMINE SUCH PERSON, AND AS SOON AS SAID DEPART-
MENT SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH PERSON IS
INSANE OR LUNATIC, AND IN EVERY CASE WITHIN
TWO WEEKS AFTER SAID DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE
BEEN SO NOTIFIED AS AFORESAID, SAID DEPARTMENT
SHALL REPORT ITS FINDINGS TO THE COURT OR JUS-
TICE THEN HAVING JURISDICTION OF THE CHARGE
AGAINST SAID PERSON. IF SAID DEPARTMENT SHALL
FIND SUCH PERSON INSANE, OR LUNATIC, HE SHALL
REMAIN IN THE INSTITUTION TO WHICH HE SHALL
HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AS AFORESAID, OR IN SOME
OTHER INSTITUTION TO WHICH HE MAY BE TRANS-
FERRED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF SAID DEPART-
MENT, UNTIL HE SHALL BE TRIED OR UNTIL THE
COURT SHALL IN ITS DISCRETION GIVE THE DIRECTION
PROVIDED FOR IN SEC. 9 OF THIS ARTICLE. IF, HOW-
EVER, SUCH PERSON SHALL BE FOUND BY SAID DE-
PARTMENT TO BE SANE, THE COURT OR JUSTICE THEN
HAVING JURISDICTION OF THE CHARGE AGAINST SUCH
PERSON SHALL ORDER HIM TRANSFERRED TO THE JAIL
OF THE COUNTY OR CITY IN WHICH SUCH CHARGE
SHALL THEN BE PENDING. IN ALL CASES NOT PUNISH-
ABLE BY DEATH OR CONFINEMENT IN THE PENITEN-
TIARY, THE EXAMINATION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SEC-
TION AND IN SECTIONS 7 AND 9 OF THIS ARTICLE
MAY BE MADE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ANY IN-
STITUTION FOR THE CARE OF THE INSANE IN WHICH
SUCH PERSON MAY BE CONFINED PENDING TRIAL, IN-
STEAD OF BY SAID DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE,
AND SUCH SUPERINTENDENT SHALL WITHIN THREE
WEEKS OF THE TIME WHEN SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE
BEEN ADMITTED TO SUCH INSTITUTION MAKE HIS RE-
PORT IN WRITING TO THE COURT OR JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE BEFORE WHOM SUCH CHARGE SHALL THEN BE
PENDING AT THE TIME OF SUCH REPORT, AND SUCH
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS SHALL THEN BE HAD AS IF
SUCH REPORT HAD BEEN MADE BY THE SAID DE-
PARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE.

JURISDICTION IMPOSED HEREIN SHALL INCLUDE ALL
COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION INCLUDING THE
MUNICIPAL COURT OF BALTIMORE CITY.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.