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Ch. 14
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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the vehicle lavs.
As to the duty of a sheriff to serve process
in traffic cases, see §2-606 of the Courts
Article.
26-411. WITNESS FEES FOR OFFICERS PROHIBITED.
A CONSTABLE OR POLICE OFFICER IS NOT ENTITLED TO
ANY FEE FOR TESTIFYING AS A WITNESS IN ANY CASE INVOLVING
A VIOLATION OF THE VEHICLE LAWS OF THIS STATE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §16-208.
The present references to a "sheriff", "deputy
sheriff" and "other peace officer" are deleted
as unnecessary in light of the broad
definition of "police officer" in §11-147 of
this article.
The only other changes are in style.
26-412. CONFLICT WITH COURTS ARTICLE.
IF A PROVISION OF THIS TITLE AND A PROVISION OF
TITLE 4 OF THE COURTS ARTICLE CONFLICT, THE PROVISION IN
THE COURTS ARTICLE PREVAILS.
REVISORY NOTE; This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §16-209.
The only changes are in style.
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GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE;
In revising this title, the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code encountered particularly difficult
problems in its review of those sections of present Art,
66 1/2 that relate to citation and arrest - now contained
in Subtitle 2 of this title.
Some of the difficulties are the result of the
attempt to maintain uniformity with the Uniform Vehicle
Code. The Uniform Vehicle Code provisions are not well
drafted and, more significantly, the underlying
assumptions made in them in many instances are not
applicable in this State. For example, the Uniform
Vehicle Code speaks of the issuance of a uniform traffic
citation as a procedure for release in lieu of arrest.
This premise - that the procedures of arrest and release
on citation are mutually exclusive alternatives — is
basic to several sections. However, in this State it is
not proper to speak of these procedures as alternative
since a traffic citation is used as the charging document
even if a person is not released.
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