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disqualified from thereafter engaging in any manner in the bonding
business for such a period of time as the director shall order.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 625
(Senate Bill 733)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 78 (b)
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Licenses," subtitle
"Private Detectives," and to add a new Section 91 to said Article
to follow immediately after Section 90 thereof, to provide con-
ditions for licensing of private detectives and to provide penalties
for the violation of licensing provisions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 78 (b) of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title "Li-
censes," subtitle "Private Detectives," be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, and that new Section 91 be and it is hereby added to
said Article to follow immediately after Section 90 thereof, and all
to read as follows:

78.

(b) No license shall be issued to a person under the age of twenty-
five years, nor to any person, firm, association or corporation unless:

(1)  such person or at least one member of the firm, and one
officer or director of the association or corporation has had at least
(a) five years' experience as a full-time licensed investigator; or (b)
ten full years' experience as a full-time police officer with an organ-
ized police department; or (c) three full years' experience in an in-
vestigative capacity or as a detective while serving as a police officer
with an organized police department. For the purposes of (b) and
(c) of the preceding sentence, "an organized police department" shall
mean an organized police department of this State, or a county or
municipality thereof, or an agency of the United States of America
or any state of the United States, or county or municipality thereof [.]
; or

(2)  such person or at least one member of the firm and one officer
or director of the association or corporation was licensed or regis-
tered by the Superintendent pursuant to this subtitle of this Article
on or prior to July 1, 1968.

91.

(a) Revocation—A violation of any of the provisions of this sub-
title shall be cause for revocation of any license issued hereunder,
notwithstanding that the same violation may constitute a misde-
meanor.