1868                                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 549

(b) [Any person violating this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00).]

AMY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION
IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON [[CONVICTION]]
CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500, OR
IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 301A be and it is hereby added to Article 27
Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
301A.

(A)  NO PERSON MAY DISTRIBUTE, OR POSSESS WITH INTENT
TO DISTRIBUTE, TO ANY MINOR ANY OF THE SUBSTANCES
ENUMERATED IN §301 OF THIS ARTICLE IF SUCH DISTRIBUTION
IS HITS THE INTENT TO INDUCE UNLAWFUL INHALING OF THE
SUBSTANCE OR IS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE MINOR WILL
UNLAWFULLY INHALE THE SUBSTANCE.

(B)  NO PERSON MAY INSTRUCT A MINOR IN THE PRACTICE
OF UNLAWFUL INHALING AS DEFINED IN §301 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(C)  ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION,
IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500, OR IMPRISONMENT
NOT EXCEEDING SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH.

(D)   ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF A SECOND OR
SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION IS
SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000, OR IMPRISONMENT
NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR, OR BOTH.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 550
(House Bill 1381)