HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2487

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 36(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

36.

(a) Every person who shall wear or carry any dirk knife,
bowie knife, switchblade knife, sandclub, metal knuckles, razor,
nunchaku, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon of any kind,
whatsoever (penknives without switchblade and handguns, excepted)
concealed upon or about his person, and every person who shall
wear or carry any such weapon, chemical mace or tear gas device
openly with the intent or purpose of injuring any person in any
unlawful manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be imprisoned
in jail, or sentenced to the Maryland Department of Correction
for not more than three years; and in case of conviction, if it
shall appear from the evidence that such weapon was carried,
concealed or openly, with the deliberate purpose of injuring the
person or destroying the life of another, the court shall impose
the highest sentence of imprisonment prescribed. In Cecil, Anne
Arundel, Talbot, Harford, Caroline, Prince George's, Montgomery,
St. Mary's, Washington, Worcester, Kent, and Baltimore counties
it shall also be unlawful and a misdemeanor, punishable as above
set forth, for any person under eighteen years of age to carry
any dangerous or deadly weapon, other than a handgun, between one
hour after sunset and for one hour before sunrise, whether
concealed or not, except while on a bona fide hunting trip, or
except while engaged in or on the way to or returning from a bona
fide trap shoot, sport shooting event, or any organized civic or
military activity.

[(d) All prosecutions for violations of the provisions of

this section may be either upon presentment and indictment or

upon information in any court having criminal jurisdiction in
this State.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.