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Ch. 708
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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State's attorneys - Issuance of Summons
FOR the purpose of providing that a State's attorney may
issue a summons under certain circumstances and for
certain purposes; and providing certain procedures
related thereto.
BY adding to
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
Section 592A
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 new Section 592A be and it is hereby added
to Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume and 1976
Supplement) to read as follows:
Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
592A.
(A) THE STATE'S ATTORNEY MAY ISSUE A SUMMONS FOR A
WITNESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING EVIDENCE TO PREPARE
ANY AN INFORMATION. THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL REPORT TO
THE COURT A REFUSAL BY A WITNESS TO OBEY THE SUMMONS AND
THE COURT MAY ISSUE A BENCH WARRANT FOR THE WITNESS. A
WITNESS HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE COUNSEL PRESENT WHEN
RESPONDING TO A SUMMONS AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL
ADVISE THE WITNESS OF THAT RIGHT WHEN THE SUMMONS IS
ISSUED.
(8) A WITNESS FROM WHOM TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE IS
BEING SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SWORN. IF
THE WITNESS SO REQUESTS THE STATE'S ATTORNEY SHALL CAUSE
A RECORD TO BE MADE OF ALL TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE
OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THE SUMMONS.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1977.
Approved May 26, 1977.
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CHAPTER 709
(Senate Bill 461)
AN ACT concerning
Scenic Rivers Program — Youghiogheny River
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