MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1369

CHAPTER 308
(Senate Bill 187}
AN ACT concerning

Use or Possession of Fire Bombs

FOR the purpose of making it unlawful to manufacture,
assemble, use, or possess certain containers
containing incendiary materials.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 139A(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 139A(a) of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 27 — crimes and Punishments
139A.

(a) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture,
assemble, use or possess in this State, any device
commonly known as a fire bomb or a Molotov cocktail.
Such a device is defined as any container which is filled
with an incendiary [liquid and into which, or attached to
which, a fuse is placed and ignited, resulting in the
explosion of the container] MIXTURE OR FLAMMABLE MATERIAL
OR LIQUID, AND IS DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO BE USED AS A
DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE AND WHOSE IGNITION IS CAUSED BY FLAME,
FRICTION, CONCUSSION, DETONATION OR OTHER METHOD WHICH
WILL PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS PRIMARILY THROUGH
COMBUSTION RATHER THAN EXPLOSION. THIS PROVISION SHALL
NOT EXTEND TO THOSE CONTAINERS THAT CONTAIN AND THAT ARE
PRIMARILY DESIGNED AND APPROVED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OR
STORAGE OF A PARTICULAR MIXTURE, MATERIAL OR LIQUID.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.