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defraud, to possess, give away, sell, or attempt to sell any forgery,
counterfeit, or duplication thereof.

3.    To alter, forge, or falsify with fraudulent intent any assign-
ment upon a certificate of title.

4.    To hold or use any such document or permanent registration
plate knowing the same altered, forged or falsified.

[(b) Misdemeanors.—It shall be a misdemeanor for any person
to commit any of the acts prohibited by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion with respect to a temporary registration plate issued by the
Department.

(c)] (b) Definitions.—As used in this section, "temporary reg-
istration plate" means only a plate valid for a period not determined
by reference to the annual registration period and made of card-
board or other nondurable material. "Permanent registration plate"
means every other plate or marker required by law to be attached to
a motor vehicle.

6-301.1.

Any resident or nonresident, of Maryland, whose operator's,
chauffeur's license or other driving privilege has been refused, can
celled, suspended, or revoked as provided in this article, or as pro-
vided in the applicable law of the jurisdiction which issued the non-
resident's license or other driving privilege because such person
prior thereto has been convicted of or has forfeited collateral for
an offense or offenses committed in Maryland or another jurisdic-
tion, and who thereafter fraudulently uses a false or fictitious name
in any application for an operator's or chauffeur's license or for any
other driving privilege shall be guilty of a [felony] misdemeanor.

17-102. [Penalty for felony.

Every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of
this article herein or by the laws of this State declared to constitute
a felony shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5
years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 28, 1971.

CHAPTER 789
(House Bill 1137)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsection (a) of
Section 234A of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Insurance
Code," subtitle "Unfair Trade Practices," providing for additional