MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          895

presence of such parent, legal guardian, or next of kin at any stage
of the judicial proceedings under this section.

(e)(1) The duration of commitment to the Authority shall con-
sist of the total of all periods of in-patient and out-patient care, and
shall be an unspecified period which shall commence and terminate
as provided in subsection (e) (2) of this section. The court shall not
fix the minimum or maximum length of the period.

(e)(2) The period shall commence on the date the order of
certification is made and shall terminate upon the first to occur of
(i) the discharge of such drug addict by the Authority as rehabili-
tated, or (ii) the expiration of a period of seven years from the date
such period commenced. However, the period of the initial in-patient
care received by an addict immediately following an order of com-
mitment under this section may not exceed two years. If on the first
anniversary of the order of commitment the addict is still receiving
initial in-patient care, the Authority must apply for and receive an
order from the committing court approving further in-patient care.

(e)(3) Whenever the Authority shall conclude that a person
committed pursuant to this section is not a fit subject for rehabilita-
tion, the Authority shall return such person to the committing court
for an order terminating the commitment.

(f)    Unless the alleged drug addict otherwise requests, all pro-
ceedings under this section shall be private and shall be conducted
in closed sessions. The court shall order all papers made part of any
proceeding under this section to be filed in the county APPROPRIATE
clerk's office OF THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE CITY
OR THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY, sealed, and exhibited
only to the parties to the proceedings, or someone properly interested,
upon further order of the court.

(g)    The court may, in an appropriate case, direct the detention
of an alleged drug addict in any detention facility designated by the
Authority pending proceedings pursuant to this section.

10.    Preservation of Rights.

The determination that a person is a drug addict and the subse-
quent civil commitment under Section 9 shall not be deemed a crim-
inal conviction. No facts or results of any proceeding, examination,
test, or procedure to determine that a person is a drug addict shall
be used against such person in any proceeding.

11.    Contriving to Have Person Unlawfully Adjudged Drug Addict:
Misdemeanor.

Every person who knowingly contrives to have any person
adjudged a drug addict under Section 9 unlawfully or improperly
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum $1,000
fine or a maximum of three years imprisonment or both.

12.    Commitment to the Authority of Persons Convicted of a Crime.

(a) Upon conviction of a defendant of any crime in any court
of this State having competent jurisdiction, if it appears to the pr