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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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Approved May 31, 1983.
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CHAPTER 540
(Senate Bill 666)
AN ACT concerning
Crimes - Antique Slot Machines - Defenses
FOR the purpose of altering the defense to a prosecution for
certain offenses related to slot machines; and clarifying
language.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 264B V.
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION - 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 21 - Crimes and Punishments
264B.
Any machine, apparatus or device is a slot machine within
the provisions of this section if it is one that is adapted for
use in such a way that, as a result of the insertion or deposit
therein, or placing with another person of any piece of money,
coin, token or other object, such machine, apparatus or device is
caused to operate or may be operated, and by reason of any
element of chance or of other outcome of such operation
unpredictable by him, the user may receive or become entitled to
receive any piece of money, coin, token or other object
representative of and convertible into money, irrespective of
whether the said machine, apparatus or device may, apart from any
element of chance or unpredictable outcome of such operation,
also sell, deliver or present some merchandise or money or other
tangible thing of value.
V. It shall be a defense to any prosecution under paragraph
III of this section if the defendant shows that the slot machine
is an antique slot machine and was not operated for gambling
purposes while in the defendant's possession. For the purposes
of this paragraph, a slot machine is an antique slot machine if
the defendant shows by a preponderance of the evidence that [it]
THE MACHINE was manufactured [prior to 1941] AT LEAST 25 YEARS
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