Ch. 674

LAWS OF MARYLAND

or penalty was a person in emergency management [and civil
defense] service or a person suffering injury or damage when the
penalty was incurred and that by reason of being in such category
the ability of such person to pay or perform was thereby
materially impaired.

19.

In any action or proceeding commenced in any court against a
person in emergency management [and civil defense] service or a
person suffering injury or damage, before or during the period of
being in such a category, or within sixty days thereafter, the
court may, in its discretion, on its own motion, or on
application to it by such person or some person on his behalf
shall, unless in the opinion of the court the ability of the
defendant to comply with the judgment or order entered or sought
is not materially affected by reason of his being a person in
emergency management [and civil defense] service or a person
suffering injury or damage —

(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
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
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.

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