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STATEMENT, for a period not to exceed [thirty (30)] 30 days.

(2) IF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY FINDS ANY
PERSON HAS WILLFULLY ENLARGED, ALTERED, OR STRUCTURALLY
MODIFIED ANY RETAIL OUTLET IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, THE
COMPTROLLER MAY SUSPEND OR REVOKE ANY APPLICABLE
CERTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION UNTIL THE VIOLATION IS
CORRECTED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 288

(Senate Bill 478)

AN ACT concerning

Expungement of Police and Court Records

FOR the purpose of providing for the expungement of police
and court records in cases in which a person is charged
with the commission of the crime of assault and battery
and the case is compromised pursuant to Section 37 of
Article 27 a certain provision of the Annotated Code.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 737

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 10 - Attorneys at Law and Attorneys in Fact

Section 37

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

737.

(a) If a person is charged with the commission of a
crime and