Ch. 773                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1607

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 70-16(c) of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement), be and is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

(c) An order of waiver [shall be considered a final order and terminates the
jurisdiction of the court over the case.] IS INTERLOCUTORY. If thereafter any
minor with respect to whom the court has waived jurisdiction under this section
comes within the provisions of § 70-2 (a) (1) the court, after summary review, may
waive jurisdiction.

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

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 774
(House Bill 415)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 362 of Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and
Punishments," subheading "Lotteries," to eliminate the prohibition for
possession of lottery slips or tickets validly issued by this State or any other
[[state]] government, and to provide for an emergency effective date for this
Act.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 362 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and Punishments." subheading "Lotteries." be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

362.

If any person shall bring into this State any lottery ticket, policy, certificate or
anything by which the vendor or other person promises or guarantees that any
particular character, ticket or certificate shall in any event, or on the happening of
any contingency in the nature of a lottery, entitle the purchaser or holder to receive
money, property or evidence of debt, or if any person shall have in his possession
in this State any book, list, slip or record of the numbers drawn in any lottery,
whether in this State or elsewhere, or any book, list, slip or record of any lottery
ticket, or anything in the nature thereof mentioned in this section, or of any money
received or to be received from, or for the sale of any such lottery ticket or thing
in the nature thereof as aforesaid he shall be liable to indictment, and upon
conviction shall in the discretion of the court be fined any sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year, or
shall be both fined and imprisoned; provided, however, that this section shall not
apply to any person who may have possession of any of the articles herein
mentioned, for the purpose of procuring or furnishing evidence of violations of any
of the provisions of law relating to lotteries, AND ALSO, THIS SECTION
SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON IN POSSESSION OF A LOTTERY
TICKET OR SLIP ISSUED BY THIS [[STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE
PURSUANT TO A STATE LOTTERY]] STATE OR ANY OTHER