HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2097

(1)  Stay the execution of any judgment or order
entered against such person, as provided in this subtitle;
and

(2)  Vacate or stay any attachment or garnishment
of property, money, or debts in the hands of another,
whether before or after judgment as provided in this
subtitle.

20.

Any stay of any action, proceeding, attachment, or
execution, ordered by any court under the provisions of this
subtitle may, except as otherwise provided, be ordered for
the period of being in such category and three months
thereafter or any part of such period, and subject to such
terms as may be just, whether as to payment in instalments
of such amounts and at such times as the court may fix or
otherwise. When a person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE service or a person suffering
injury or damage is a codefendant with others the plaintiff
may nevertheless by leave of court proceed against the
others.

21.

The period of being in such category shall not be
included in computing any period now or hereafter to be
limited by any law for the bringing of any action by or
against a person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
CIVIL DEFENSE service or a person suffering injury or damage
or by or against his heirs, executors, administrators, or
assigns, whether such cause of action shall have accrued
prior to or during the period of being in such category.

22.

(a)  No eviction or distress shall be made during the
period of being a person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE service or a person suffering
injury or damage in respect of any premises for which the
agreed rent does not exceed $150 per month, occupied chiefly
for dwelling purposes by the spouse, children, or other
dependents of a person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE service or a person suffering
injury or damage, except upon leave of court granted upon
application therefor or granted in an action or proceeding
affecting the right of possession.

(b)  On any such application or in any such action the
court may, in its discretion, on its own motion, and shall,
on application, unless in the opinion of the court the
ability of the tenant to pay the agreed rent is not
materially affected by reason of being a person in [civil
defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE service or a
person suffering injury or damage, stay the proceedings for
not longer than three months, as provided in this subtitle,