16                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 2

chief judge of District Court).
SUBTITLE 4. COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS.
SEC. 1-401. COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS ESTABLISHED.

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS IS ESTABLISHED. IT
IS AN INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEAL AUTHORIZED BY
ARTICLE IV, §§ 1 AND 14A OF THE CONSTITUTION.

SEC. 1-402. COMPOSITION OF COURT.

(A)   NUMBER; CHIEF JUDGE.

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS CONSISTS OF TEN
JUDGES, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE
GOVERNOR AS CHIEF JUDGE.

(B)   SELECTION; TERMS.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THE
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS SHALL BE
SELECTED, APPOINTED, RETAINED, REMOVED FROM OFFICE, OR
RETIRED AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION
WITH RESPECT TO JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS. ONE
JUDGE OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS SHALL BE A
RESIDENT RESPECTIVELY OF EACH OF THE APPELLATE
JUDICIAL CIRCUITS DEFINED IN ARTICLE IV, §14 OF THE
CONSTITUTION, EXCEPT THAT TWO JUDGES SHALL BE
RESIDENTS OF THE SIXTH APPELLATE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
WHEN ELECTION TO JUDICIAL OFFICE IS REQUIRED BY THE
CONSTITUTION, EACH OF THESE JUDGES SHALL BE ELECTED BY
THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF HIS CIRCUIT OF RESIDENCE.
THREE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS MAY BE
RESIDENTS OF ANY PART OF THE STATE AND, WHEN ELECTION
TO JUDICIAL OFFICE IS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION,
SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE
STATE. THE TERM OF A JUDGE OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL
APPEALS BEGINS ON THE DATE OF HIS QUALIFICATION FOR
OFFICE.

SEC. 1-403. SESSION OF COURT; PANELS; HEARINGS IN
BANC.

(A) SESSIONS.

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS SHALL HOLD ITS
SESSIONS IN THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS AT THE TIME OR TIMES
IT PRESCRIBES BY RULE. ITS SESSIONS SHALL CONTINUE