1210                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 564

ment Volume) title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Venue,
Procedure and Sentence," subheading "Indictments," providing
that the provisions of this Section concerning ineligibilty to give
bail or to be released on recognizance while prior charges or
indictments are pending shall apply to charges or indictments
under Section 286 of Article 27, which latter Section relates to
the manufacture, distribution, etc., or to the counterfeiting, etc.,
of a controlled dangerous substance or of certain equipment relat-
ing to such substance and to the keeping of a common nuisance as
defined in Section 286.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 616½ of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume) title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
title "Venue, Procedure and Sentence," subheading "Indictments,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

616½.

Any person charged with and indicted by a grand jury of this
State or charged by a criminal information for an offense as herein-
after enumerated which was committed during the time said person
had been released on bail or his own recognizance for committing
an offense as hereinafter enumerated, shall become ineligible to give
bail or be released on recognizance on any subsequent charge, until
such time as all prior charges hereunder have finally been determined
by the courts. Provided, however, that a person charged with and
indicted for a subsequent crime as hereinafter set forth, may rebut
his ineligibility for release on bail or recognizance before determi-
nation of the prior charge. If, after consideration of the matters
presented in rebuttal, the court hearing the application for bail is
persuaded that the applicant would not pose a danger to any other
person or to the community, and would appear at the time set for
trial, the court may allow release pending trial on suitable bail or
recognizance and on such other conditions as will reasonably assure
that the person charged will not flee. For the purposes of this
section, the offenses shall be those specified in the following sections
of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement
Volume) as they may be amended from time to time:

(1)    Section 6 (relating to burning of property, etc.);

(2)    Section 7 (relating to burning of barn, garage, church, etc.);

(3)    Section 10 (relating to attempt to burn building or property);

(4)    Section 11 (relating to setting fire while perpetrating crime);

(5)    Section 12 (relating to assault with intent to murder, ravish
or rob);

(6)    Section 29 (relating to burglary generally);

(7)    Section 30 (relating to breaking into a dwelling with intent
to steal or commit a felony);

(8)    Section 33 (relating to breaking into shops, etc. and steal-
ing);