HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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12-423. ENFORCEMENT OF SUBTITLE.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
VIOLATION OCCURS OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY PROSECUTE ANY
VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the last clause
of Art. 11, § 221.

The present statement that the State's Attorney
or Attorney General "shall" file a complaint is
deleted as misleading given the prerogatives of
these officials.

The last sentence of present Art. 11, § 219(b),
which authorizes the Bank Commissioner to report
a violation to the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation and authorizes the Secretary, in tarn,
to request the Attorney General to prosecute the
violation, is deleted as unnecessary since the
Bank Commissioner and Secretary would have this
authority in any event.

The term "county" is defined in § 1—101 of this
article.

12-424. PENALTIES.

ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE
IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A
FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 5
YEARS OR BOTH.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first clause
of Art. 11, § 221.

New language is added to indicate that a
violation is classified as a "misdemeanor".

The present minimum penalty of $500 is deleted to
conform to the statement of legislative policy
contained in Art. 27, § 643, which sets forth the
general rule that, notwithstanding a prescribed
minimum penalty, the court nevertheless may
impose a lesser penalty of the same character.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

In revising this subtitle, the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code deleted present Art. 11, §§ 207, 222, and
223.

Present Art. 11, § 207 merely states the intention of
the General Assembly to place this law "in the Annotated
Code of Maryland" and, as such, is unnecessary.