MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1545

Marshal.
BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

Section 8 (g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 8(g) of Article 38A - Fires and
Investigations, 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hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read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 38A - Fires and Investigations

8.

(g) (1) The State Fire Marshal, in making [said]
THIS inspection or investigation, may, when in his
judgment [said proceedings are] necessary, take the
testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant
of any facts, or to have the means of knowledge in
relation to the matter herein required to be examined and
inquired into, and to cause the [said] testimony to be
reduced to writing; and when, in his judgment, [such] THE
examination discloses that the fire or explosion or
attempt to cause a fire or explosion was of incendiary
origin, the state Fire Marshal may arrest the supposed
incendiary or cause him to be arrested and charged with
the crime; and shall transmit a copy of the testimony so
taken to the state's attorney for the county or city
wherein [said] THE fire or explosion or attempt to cause
a fire or explosion occurred.

(2) IF, UPON INVESTIGATION, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A PERSON HAS COMMITTED
OR HAS ATTEMPTED TO COMMIT A CRIME INVOLVING A FIRE, FIRE
BOMBING, OR FALSE ALARM, OR INVOLVING THE POSSESSION OR
MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES[[ ,]] OR SUBSTANCES,
FIREWORKS, OR FIRE BOMBS, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAY
ARREST THAT PERSON OR CAUSE HIM TO BE ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES PROVIDED BY LAW.

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

Approved April 30, 1974.