WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 11

The stylistic error was noted by the Michie Company.

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

9.

Any person who wilfully and with intent to injure or defraud
the insurer sets fire to or burns or causes to be burned or who
aids, counsels or . procures the burning of any goods, wares,
merchandise or other chattels or personal property of any kind,
whether the property of himself or of another, which shall at the
time be insured by any person or corporation against loss or
damage by fire[;], shall upon conviction thereof[,] be sentenced
to the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects erroneous punctuation in
Article 27, § 9.

The erroneous punctuation, a semicolon, used in place
of a comma and an extraneous comma, was contained in
Ch. 255 of the Acts of 1929.

The erroneous punctuation was noted by the Computer
Division of the Department of Legislative Reference.

12C.

(a) This section does not apply to a citation:

(1)  For a violation of a parking ordinance or
regulation adopted under Title 26, Subtitle 3 of the
Transportation Article;

(2)  Adopted by the [State Motor Vehicle
Administration under § 26-406 of the Transportation Article]
CHIEF JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT UNDER § 1-605(D)(8) OF THE
COURTS ARTICLE, for use in traffic offenses; or

(3)  Prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources
under § 1-205 of the Natural Resources Article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects an obsolete provision in a
cross-reference in Article 27, § 12C(a).

The authority to design and adopt traffic citations
was transferred from the Motor Vehicle Administration
to the Chief Judge of the District Court in Ch. 544 of
the Acts of the Regular Session of 1985.

The obsolete provision was noted by the Michie
Company.

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