HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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shall impose the highest sentence of imprisonment
hereinbefore prescribed. In Cecil, Anne Arundel, Talbot,
Harford, Caroline, Prince George's, Montgomery, Washington,
Worcester and Kent counties it shall also be unlawful and a
misdemeanor, punishable as above set forth, for any person
under eighteen years of age to carry any dangerous or deadly
weapon, other than a handgun, between one hour after sunset
and one hour before sunrise, whether concealed or not,
except while on a bona fide hunting trip, or except while
engaged in or on the way to or returning from a bona fide
trap shoot, sport shooting event, or any organized civic or
military activity.

(b)  As used in this section, a "nunchaku" is a device
consisting of two pieces wood, metal, plastic, or other like
substance connected by any chain, rope, leather or other
flexible material not exceeding 24 inches in length.

(c)  Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prevent the carrying of any of the weapons mentioned in
subsection (a) of this section by an officer of this State,
or of any county or city therein, who is entitled or
required to carry such weapon as part of his official
equipment, or by any conservator of the peace, who is
entitled or required to carry such weapon as part of his
official equipment, or by any officer or conservator of the
peace of some other state temporarily sojourning in this
State, or by any special agent of a railway or by any person
to whom a permit to carry a concealed weapon has been issued
under § 36E of this article, or by any person who shall
carry such weapon as a reasonable precaution against
apprehended danger, but the tribunal before which any case
arising under the provisions of this section may be tried,
shall have the right to judge of the reasonableness of the
carrying of any such weapon, and the proper occasion
therefor, under the evidence in the case.

(d)  All prosecutions for violations of the provisions
of this section may be either upon presentment and
indictment or upon information in any court having criminal
jurisdiction in this State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 344
(Senate Bill 836)
AN ACT concerning