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(b)    Within 15 days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a
person upon a charge of violating any provision of this Article or
other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways every
magistrate of OR the court of record in which the conviction was
had or bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to
the department an abstract of the record of the court covering the
case in which the person was so convicted or forfeited bail, which
abstract must be certified by the person required to prepare the same
to be true and correct. Report need not be made of any conviction
involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle.

(c)    The abstract must be made upon a form furnished by the
department and shall include the name and address of the party
charged, the number, if any, of his driver's license, the registration
number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of
hearing, the plea, the judgment, or whether bail forfeited and the
amount of the fine or forfeiture as the case may be.

(d)    Every court of record shall also forward a like report to the
department upon the conviction of any person of manslaughter or
other felony in the commission of which a vehicle was used.

(e)    The department shall keep all abstracts received hereunder
at its main office and they shall be open to public inspection during
reasonable business hours.

Subtitle 19

Effect of and Short Title of Act
§ 19-101. Uniformity of interpretation.

The portions of this article which are identical with corresponding
portions of the Uniform Vehicle Code shall be interpreted and con-
strued to make uniform the law of those States which enact them.

§ 19-102. Effect of headings.

Subtitle, part, and section headings contained herein shall not be
deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope,
meaning, or intent of the provisions of any subtitle, part, or section
hereof.

§ 19-103. Short title.

This article may be cited as the Maryland Vehicle Law.

§ 19-104. Act not retroactive.

This article shall not have a retroactive effect and shall not apply
to any traffic accident, to any cause of action arising out of a traffic
accident or judgment arising therefrom or to any violation of the
motor vehicle laws of this State, occurring prior to the effective date
of this article.

§ 19-105. Constitutionality.

If any part or parts of this article shall be held to be uncon-
stitutional, the unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of
the remaining parts of this article. The legislature hereby declares