WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 674
Section 339A to be under the new subheading "Coin Machine Lock Picking
Devices"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 490
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 35
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter ___ (H.B. 471/S.B. 322) of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1994)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND. That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
COIN MACHINE LOCK PICKING DEVICES
339A.
490.
(A) If any person shall be apprehended having upon him any picklock, key, crow,
jack, bit, or other implement, at places and under circumstances from which an intent
may be presumed feloniously to break and enter into any dwelling house, warehouse,
storehouse, stable, motor vehicle or outhouse, or shall have upon him any pistol, hanger,
cutlass, bludgeon, or other offensive weapon, also at places and under circumstances from
which may be presumed an intent feloniously to assault any person, or shall be found in
or upon any dwelling house, warehouse, storehouse, stable or outhouse, or in any
enclosed yard or garden or area belonging to any house, or motor vehicle, with an intent
to steal any goods or chattels, every such person shall be deemed a rogue and vagabond,
and on being convicted thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for not more than three years.
(A) (B) (1) A PERSON MAY NOT POSSESS, SELL, TRANSFER, OR OFFER TO
SELL OR TRANSFER A DEVICE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A LOCK PICK, THAT IS
MANUFACTURED OR DESIGNED TO DEFEAT A LOCK ON A COIN MACHINE, AS
DEFINED IN § 340(A) OF THIS ARTICLE, WITH THE INTENT TO DEFEAT A LOCK ON A
COIN MACHINE.
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