406                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch. 2

§49, transferred to Art. 27 for
organizational purposes.

A new §618 of Art. 27 is proposed by the
transfer of Art. 42, §18, in another section
of this till.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a new
§643A be and it is hereby added to Art. 27, Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Rep]. Vol. as added to or
amended by legislation enacted at the 1973 regular
session of the General Assembly), title "Crimes and
Punishments", subtitle "Venue, Procedure, and
Sentence", subheading "Sentence and Punishment", to
read as follows:

643A.

(A)    IN A CRIMINAL OR MOTOR VEHICLE CASE WITHIN
THE COURT'S JURISDICTION A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAS
THE SAME POWER AS A JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF A
COUNTY TO IMPOSE ANY SENTENCE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, TO
SUSPEND THE IMPOSITION OR EXECUTION OF A SENTENCE, TO
PLACE A PERSON ON PROBATION, AND TO STRIKE OUT A
SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE AND IMPOSE A LAWFUL SENTENCE,
AND TO REVOKE PROBATION, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS OF
SUBSECTIONS (B) , (C) , AND (D) OF THIS SECTION.

(B)    A PERIOD OF PROBATION OR SUSPENSION OF
SENTENCE MAY NOT EXCEED THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF
SUSPENSION OR PROEATION.

(C)   AT ANY TIME TO END THE PERIOD OF PROBATION,
OR DURING THE PERIOD, ON WRITTEN CHARGES PREFERRED
UNDER OATH, OR VIOLATION OF ANY CONDITION OF
PROBATION, TO ISSUE A WARRANT OR NOTICE REQUIRING THE
PROBATIONER OR PERSON ACCUSED TO BE BROUGHT OR TO
APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGE ISSUING THE WARRANT OR NOTICE,
TO ANSWER THE CHARGES OF VIOLATION OF CONDITIONS OF
PROBATION OR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE, AND TO FIX A DATE
FOR THE HEARING OF THE CHARGE OR VIOLATION OF THE
CONDITIONS, AND PENDING THE HEARING OR DETERMINATION
OF THE CHARGE, TO REMAND THE PROBATIONER OR PERSON
ACCUSED TO JAIL OR TO RELEASE HIM, WITH OR WITHOUT
BAIL, AND IF AT THE HEARING THE PERSON ACCUSED BE
FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED ANT OF THE TERMS OF THE
CONDITIONS OF PROBATION, TO REVOKE THE PROBATION
GRANTED OR SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE, AND TO IMPOSE ANY
SENTENCE, TO TAKE EFFECT FROM ITS DATE, WHICH MIGHT
HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN IMPOSED FOR THE CRIME OF WHICH
THE PROBATIONER OR PERSON ACCUSED WAS EITHER CONVICTED