HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1877

In subsection (e)(2) of this section, the former
minimum penalty is deleted to conform to the statement
of legislative policy contained in Article 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.

In subsection (f) of this section, the former phrase
"or other clerks" is deleted as unnecessary.

Also as to subsection (f) of this section, Ch. 406,
Acts of 1963, which enacted former Article 62, § 3A,
provided that in a county in which there was a single
resident circuit court judge, that judge would make
the required designations. In a county in which there
were 2 or more resident circuit court judges, the
senior judge in length of service would make the
designations. However, in 1963, some counties had no
resident circuit court judge. In those counties,
there could be neither a resident judge nor a resident
senior judge, so there was no one who could make the
designation. Chapter 10, Acts of 1964, which enacted
former Article 62, § 3A(d), was an attempt to remedy
that problem. CJ § 1-503 requires that a certain
number of judges serving on each circuit court be
residents of that county. In fact, all the judges of
each circuit court are residents of those counties.
The present system of circuit and county
administrative judges, embodied in Maryland Rule 1200,
was established in 1967 by a Court of Appeals
administrative and procedural regulation. Because of
the substitution of "county administrative judge" for
"resident judge" or "senior judge" in subsections
(a)(3) and (f) of this section, the statute as revised
provides a uniform and up-to-date description of those
judges who may designate deputy clerks to perform
marriage ceremonies and who may designate the times
and form of ceremonies performed by clerks and deputy
clerks.

Defined terms: "Authorized official" § 2-101
"Clerk" § 2-101 "County" § 1-101
"License" § 2-101

2-407. FALSE STATEMENTS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT KNOWINGLY MAKE ANY MATERIAL FALSE
STATEMENT TO OBTAIN OR TO HELP ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO OBTAIN A
LICENSE OR MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE OR OF ANY
ORDER OF COURT UNDER § 2-405 OF THIS SUBTITLE.