2892

LARS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 617

coin and currency seized as contraband may be
substituted for the currency as evidence.

BY adding to

[[Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 10-911

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 10-911 be and it is hereby
added to Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 Volume and 1974
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article — Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-911]]

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 297A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 297A be and it is hereby added
to Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974
Supplement), to read as follows;

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

297A.

UPON THE SEIZURE OF CONTRABAND COIN AND CURRENCY
PURSUANT TO [[ARTICLE 27,]] SECTIONS 264 AND 297 OF THIS
ARTICLE. THE SEIZING AUTHORITY SHALL CAUSE IT TO BE
IMMEDIATELY PHOTOGRAPHED AND A RECORD MADE OF THE SERIAL
NUMBER OF EACH PAPER CURRENCY. THE PHOTOGRAPHS MAY BE
SUBSTITUTED FOR THE COIN AND CURRENCY AS EVIDENCE IN ANY
CRIMINAL CASE.

THE COIN AND CURRENCY WHEN PHOTOGRAPHED AND RECORDED
SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE DEPOSITED BY THE SEIZING AUTHORITY
TO THE ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTY TREASURER OR DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE OF BALTIMORE CITY, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.