HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1571

AN ACT concerning

Intrastate Detainers - Copy of Warrant or Detainer

FOR the purpose of providing that the provisions of the law
requiring that a copy of the warrant of commitment or
detainer be made available to an inmate within a
certain time shall not apply to officials and employees
of the Division of Correction and Patuxent Institution.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 617

Annotated Code of Maryland

{1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED 3Y THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

617.

(a)    Any person committed or detained, or any person
on his behalf may demand a true copy of the warrant of
commitment or detainer.

(b)    Any officer or other person who shall neglect or
refuse to deliver a true copy of the warrant or detainer, if
there is one, within six hours after the copy has been
demanded, shall forfeit $500 to the person detained.

(c)    The right of action to recover the forfeiture
provided by this section or by § 2—305 of the Courts and
Judicial Proceedings Article survives the death of either
party.

(D) THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF
THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION AND THE PATUXENT INSTITUTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 546
(House Bill 400)