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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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False Alarms — Ambulances
FOR the purpose of prohibiting the making of a false call
for an ambulance or rescue squad; and removing
obsolete language.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 156
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 156 of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976
Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
156.
It [shall be] IS unlawful for any person knowingly
to give or cause to be given any false alarm of fire by
means of the telegraph box connected with any fire alarm
telegraph or by means of telephone or telegraph system,
or by any other means or method. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSON KNOWINGLY TO GIVE OR CAUSE TO BE GIVEN A FALSE
CALL FOR AN AMBULANCE OR RESCUE SQUAD BY MEANS OF
TELEPHONE OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS OR METHOD. Any person
violating the provisions of this section [shall be] IS
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction [thereof,
shall be], IS subject to a fine of not more than [two
thousand dollars] $2000, or to imprisonment not exceeding
[twenty—four] 24 months, or to both fine and
imprisonment. [In Baltimore City, the Municipal Court
of Baltimore City shall have jurisdiction to try persons
charged with violating this section, provided that
persons so convicted in the Municipal Court shall not be
sentenced to the penitentiary by that court.]
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved April 29, 1977.
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CHAPTER 159
(Senate Bill 101)
AN ACT concerning
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