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Ch. 621
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 621
(House Bill 2023)
AN ACT concerning
Corporate Attorneys
FOR the purpose of exempting corporate house counsel who
are members of the bar of another state, district,
or territory of the United States from certain
requirements relating to the practice of law in
Maryland; and clarifying language.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
Section 1 and 3 2
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 1 and 32 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Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact
1.
[No] A person, except as provided in § 14A of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code, [shall] MAY NOT
practice the profession or perform the services of an
attorney—at-law within this State without being admitted
to the tar as hereinafter directed; and any person who
shall give legal advice, represent any person in the
trial of any case at law or in equity including the trial
of any case before the District Court or any proceedings
conducted in orphans' courts of the State, except cases
arising under §§ 9—1 through 9-8, inclusive, of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Baltimore City (1969 Edition) or
prepare any written instrument affecting the title to
real estate, or give advice in the administration of
probate of estates of decedents in any of the orphans'
courts of this State, for. pay or reward shall be deemed
an attorney—at—law for purposes of this article. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO SECTION 32(B).
32.
(A) Any person who [shall exact, demand, take or
receive] EXACTS, DEMANDS, TAKES, OR RECEIVES from any
person whatsoever any fee, gratuity, gift or reward for
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