430                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [Ch. 2

except as expressly provided to the contrary in [[this
Act, any transaction affected by or flowing from any
statute here amended, repealed, or transferred, and
validly entered into before the effective date and
every right, duty, or interest flowing from it remains
valid after the effective date and may be terminated,
completed, consummated, or enforced as required or
permitted by any statute amended, repealed, or
transferred by this Act as though the repeal,
amendment, or transfer had not occurred.]] the Courts

and Judicial Proceedings Article contained in Section

1__of___this Act; Section 21 of this Act; or Article 1,

Section 3 of the Code; the provisions of the Courts

and Judicial Proceedings Article shall apply to all

proceedings commenced after December 31, 1973, and,__so

far as practicable, to all proceedings__then pending.

If a court___determines that it is not practicable to

apply a provision of the Courts and Judicial

Proceedings Article to a proceeding pending on January
1, 1974, then that proceeding shall be concluded under

the pertinent statutory provisions in effect on

December 31, 1973.

REVISOR'S NOTE: The purpose of this section is to
provide an orderly phase-in period for the
new courts article. Because of the scope of
the article it is believed prudent to allow a
court to apply existing law to cases pending
on January 1, 1974 if it feels that
application of the new law will not be
practicable.

SECTION 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
Revisor's Notes contained in this Act shall not become
law or be deemed to have been enacted as a part of
this Act.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Section 7 is modelled on §73, Ch.
181, Acts of 1972. As to effect of headings,
see Art. 1, §18 of the Code.

SECTION 20. AND BE IT   FURTHER ENACTED, That all

laws and parts of laws        inconsistent with the

provisions of this act are   repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This general repealer of
inconsistent laws is modelled on §9, Ch. 3,
Acts of 1969. No severability clause is
inserted because of the enactment of Ch. 241,
Acts of 1973.