1606                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 773

CHAPTER 772
(House Bill 401)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 70-2(d-3) of Article 26
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Interim Supplement), title "Courts,"
subtitle "Juvenile Causes," to deny Juvenile Court jurisdiction in certain
situations involving minors.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 70-2(d-3) of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1972 Interim Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile Causes,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

70-2.

(d) The court does not have jurisdiction over:

(1)  A proceeding involving a child who has reached his 14th birthday, alleged to
have done an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a crime punishable by
death or life imprisonment (including a lesser offense or an offense arising out of
the act alleged to have been committed), unless an order removing the proceeding
to the juvenile court has been filed pursuant to Section 594A of Article 27;

(2)  A proceeding involving a child who has reached his 16th birthday, alleged to
have done an act in violation of any provision of Article 66 1/2 or any other
traffic law or ordinance (other than manslaughter by automobile, possession of a
stolen motor vehicle, unauthorized use or occupancy of a motor vehicle, tampering
with a motor vehicle, or a violation of Section 11-902 of Article 66 1/2);

(3)   A proceeding involving a child who has reached his sixteenth birthday,
alleged to have done an act [in violation of Section 488 of Article 27 concerning
the crime of robbery with a deadly weapon,] WHICH, IF COMMITTED BY AN
ADULT, WOULD BE PUNISHABLE BY SECTION 488 OF ARTICLE 27 AS
ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, unless an order removing the
proceeding to the juvenile court has been filed pursuant to Section 594A of Article
27.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 773
(House Bill 409)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 70-16(c) of Article 26
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1971
Supplement), title "Courts," subtitle "Juvenile Causes," to provide that the
waiver order from the Juvenile Court to the court having jurisdiction over the
offense if committed by an adult be interlocutory.