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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1973. IT SHALL REMAIN EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER

1, 1973, WHEN WITH NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED BY THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THIS ACT SHALL BE ABROGATED AND OF

NO FURTHER FORCE AND EFFECT.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 737
(Senate Bill 1064)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 70-l(q), 70-12(e) and
(f), and 70-19 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Supplement and 1972 Interim Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile
Causes"; to add new Section 70-11(d) to Article 26 of the Code, same title and
subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 70-11(c) thereof; to repeal Section
70-12(d) of Article 26 of the Code, same title and subtitle, and to repeal and
re-enact, with amendments, Section 76(b) of Article 26 of the Code, same title,
subtitle "Juvenile Causes in Montgomery County," relating generally to
children alleged or found to be delinquent, in need of supervision, dependent,
neglected, or mentally handicapped and the detention thereof.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 70-l(q), 70-12(e) and (f), and 70-19 of Article 26 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supplement and 1972 Interim
Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile Causes," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; to add new Section 70-11(d) to Article
26, same title and subtitle, to follow immediately after Section 70-11 (c); and that
Section 76(b) of Article 26 of the Code, same title, subtitle "Juvenile Causes in
Montgomery County," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and all to read as follows:

70-1.

(q) "Aftercare supervision" is a status created by a court order in any
proceeding under this subtitle whereby a minor who has previously been
adjudicated a delinquent child lor a child in need of supervision] and committed to
an institution is released from the commitment under the supervision of an agency
designated by the court under conditions the judge or the agency deems proper.

70-11.

(D) DETENTION IS PERMITTED ONLY WHEN A PERSON IS
ALLEGED OR ADJUDICATED TO BE A DELINQUENT CHILD.

70-12.

[(d) A child alleged to be in need of supervision shall not be detained in a jail
or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults charged with criminal
offense or for children adjudicated or alleged to be delinquent unless (1) adequate
facilities have not been established, and (2) it appears to the satisfaction of the
court or other person designated by the court that public safety and protection
reasonably require such detention. No child shall ever be confined in a jail or other