HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b) An appeal pursuant to this section shall be taken
by filing an order for appeal with the register of wills
within 30 days after the date of the final judgment from
which the appeal is taken. Within 30 days thereafter the
register of wills shall transmit [a transcript] ALL
PLEADINGS AND ORDERS of the proceedings to the court to
which the appeal is taken, unless the orphans' court from
which the appeal is taken extends the time for transmitting
[the transcript] THESE PLEADINGS AND ORDERS

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

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 346

(House Bill 109)

AN ACT concerning

Probation Before Judgment - Fines and Penalties

FOR the purpose of permitting a court to order payment of a
fine or pecuniary penalty as a condition of probation
before judgment; and providing that a fine or pecuniary
penalty imposed as a condition of probation shall be
within the amount prescribed by law for a violation
resulting in conviction.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 641

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 721 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1980)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(as enacted by Chapter 721 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1980) be repealed, amended, or enacted to read
as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

641.

(a) (1) (I) Whenever a person accused of a crime
pleads guilty or nolo contendere or is found guilty of an