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19.

Whenever any court in this State having jurisdiction in the prem-
ises, other than the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Ap-
peals, or when any judge of any court in this State having juris-
diction in the premises shall release or discharge any person brought
before [,] such court [of] or judge [,] under the writ of habeas
corpus, charged with the violation of the provisions of any act of
Assembly of this State, or section thereof or of any article or sec-
tion of the Code of Public General Laws or public local laws of this
State, upon the ground, or for the reason, that such act of Assembly,
or section thereof, or such article or section of the Code of Public
General Laws or public local laws is unconstitutional and void, in
whole or in part, because contrary to the Constitution or Bill of
Rights of this State, or because contrary to the Constitution of the
United States, it shall be the duty of the said court or judge order-
ing such release or discharge for said cause to reduce his opinion
to writing within five days after ordering said release or discharge,
and to transmit the original papers in said case, together with a
copy of its or his order of release or discharge, and of his said
opinion, under his hand and seal, to the Clerk of the Court of Special
Appeals; and it shall be the duty of the said court to consider the
papers so transmitted to its said clerk, including said order of re-
lease or discharge, and said opinion, at the earliest practicable period,
after the receipt thereof by its said clerk, and to give its opinion
in writing upon the case so presented; and the said opinion so given
shall have and possess the same authority as if the same was filed
in a case formally heard and determined in said court on appeal.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 1972.

Approved April 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 128
(House Bill 294)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5(h)
of Article 43B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilita-
tion Act," correcting certain errors therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5(h) of Article 43B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1971 Supplement), title "Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control
and Rehabilitation Act," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

5.

(h) Have the power to enter into agreements and joint financial
arrangements, including but not limited to agreements and arrange-
ments with public and private agencies, to do or cause to be done
that which may be necessary, desirable or proper to carry out the
purposes and objectives of this article including but not limited to