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2011
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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
Section 11 and 12
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 Sections 11, 12, 13, 13A, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of Article 10 -
Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume and 1976
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 11 and 12 be and they are hereby added to
Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume
and 1976 Supplement) to read as follows:
Article 10 — Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
11.
AN ATTORNEY WHO PRACTICES LAW IN THE STATE DURING
THE TIME OF HIS SUSPENSION, INACTIVE STATUS, OR
DISBARMENT IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION
SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN $1,000 OR BE IMPRISONED FOR
NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR BOTH FINED AND IMPRISONED, IN
THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT. HOWEVER, AN ATTORNEY IS NOT
IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS FROM
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDER SUSPENDING OR DISBARRING
HIM OR PLACING HIM ON INACTIVE STATUS IF HE DOES NOT
ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW. HE MAY PAY, SATISFY, AND
DISCHARGE ANY OF HIS EXISTING DEBTS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND
COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE HIS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, AND DO
ANY OTHER ACTS REQUIRED TO CONCLUDE THE AFFAIRS OF HIS
LAW PRACTICE FOR THE PERIOD OF HIS SUSPENSION OR INACTIVE
STATUS, OR PERMANENTLY IN THE CASE OF HIS DISBARMENT,
PROVIDED THAT NO ACT PERMITTED HEREUNDER MAY BE THE
PRACTICE OF LAW.
12.
ANY SHERIFF, DEPUTY SHERIFF, CONSTABLE, TURNKEY,
POLICE OFFICER, OR OTHER LAW - ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL WHO
ACTS AS AGENT OR BROKER FOR A LAWYER WHO SOLICITS
CLIENTAGE OF PERSONS CONFINED IN A JAIL, STATION HOUSE,
OR OTHER PLACE OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AWAITING TRIAL IS
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, ON CONVICTION, SHALL BE
FINED NOT MORE THAN $1,000 OR BE IMPRISONED, IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE COURT, FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
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SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved May 17, 1977.
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