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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 472

leave to prosecute an appeal therefrom [in all other
cases]. Said application for leave to prosecute an
appeal shall be in [such] THE form [as said appellate
courts may, by their rules, prescribe] PRESCRIBED BY THE
MARYLAND RULES, and in the event that the Attorney
General or the State's attorney shall forthwith state his
intention to file such application for an appeal, the
order may be stayed, but the judge may, in his
discretion, admit the petitioner to bail for his
appearance when required. If the application to
prosecute such appeal shall be granted, the procedure
thereafter shall be in conformity with the MARYLAND rules
[of said appellate courts] and the [courts] COURT may
affirm, reverse or modify the order appealed from, or
[they] IT may remand the case for further proceedings,
but if said application is denied, the order sought to be
reviewed shall thereby become final.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
4(b) of Article 27A —Public Defender, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 27A — Public Defender

4.

(b) Legal representation shall be provided indigent
defendants in the following proceedings:

(1)   In any criminal or juvenile proceeding
constitutionally requiring the presence of counsel prior
to presentment before a commissioner or judge.

(2)   Criminal or juvenile proceedings, where
the defendant is charged with a serious crime, before the
District Court of Maryland, the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore City, the various circuit courts within the
State of Maryland, AND the Court of Special Appeals [of
Maryland, and the Court of Appeals of Maryland].

(3)     Proceedings under the defective
delinquent laws, Article 31B, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(4)    Postconviction proceedings under Article
27, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(5) Any other proceeding where possible
incarceration pursuant to a judicial commitment of
individuals in institutions of a public or private nature
may result.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
3-21(d), 17-7(b), 19-3, and 27-10 of Article 33 -
Election Code, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows;

Article 33 — Election Code

3-21.