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(E) WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR.—THE PERSON
CHARGED MAY GIVE HIS WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR IN
COURT BY SIGNING THE CITATION PREPARED BY THE OFFICER.
IN THIS EVENT, THE OFFICER IS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE
PERSON INTO PHYSICAL CUSTODY FOR THE VIOLATION UNLESS
THE PERSON CHARGED DOES NOT FURNISH SATISFACTORY
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY OR THE OFFICER HAS REASONABLE
GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THE PERSON CHARGED WILL DISREGARD A
WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR.
(C) FAILURE TO APPEAR.—A PERSON MAY NOT VIOLATE
HIS WRITTEN PROMISE TO APPEAR IN COURT UNLESS
SUFFICIENT COLLATERAL FOR THE OFFENSE IS POSTED, THE
FINE IS PAID IN ADVANCE OF TRIAL, OR THE PERSON IS
REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL IN COURT.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 120, as amended by
Chapter 437, Acts of 1972. In subsection
(a) the Legislative Council proposes the
deletion of the phrase authorizing the
Natural Resources Police Force to issue
citations for the violations of laws
enforced by the Secretary. The Legislative
Council, instead, proposes that the Natural
Resources Police Force be authorized to
issue citations for a violation of any law
punishable as a misdemeanor. This addition
is consistent with the powers vested in the
Natural Resources Police Force by section
1-204 and is modeled after a similar
provision in the Motor Vehicle Laws,
Article 66 1/2, section 16-107. New
language likewise modeled after Article 66
1/2, section 16—107 is added to subsection
(c) by the Legislative Council to elucidate
the circumstances under which a Natural
Resources Police officer must take a person
into custody. Article 66C, section 120(d)
is proposed for deletion in light of the
penalty provision applicable to this
subtitle. The only other changes made are
in style.
1-206. OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS OF NATURAL RESOURCES
POLICE OFFICERS.
A PERSON MAY NOT WILLFULLY FAIL OR REFUSE TO
COMPLY WITH ANY LAWFUL OR REASONABLE ORDER OR
DIRECTION OF ANT NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE OFFICER OR
ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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