PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 3

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to reflect the status of the head of the Department of
State Police as the Secretary of a principal department of State government in
light of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994 and to delete surplus language.

440.

It shall be unlawful for any person falsely to represent himself as being a member of
the police force of this State or another state, of Baltimore City or of any county or
municipal corporation of the State or of another state, or to represent himself as a special
policeman, or to represent himself as a sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, with
fraudulent design upon person or property, or to have, use, wear or display, without the
authority of the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of State Police or the appropriate
authority of the police force of another state, the commissioner of police of Baltimore
City or the chief of police of any county or municipal corporation of this State or of
another state, or of a sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, any uniform, shield, button,
ornament, badge, identification, shoulder patch adopted by the Department of
[Maryland] State Police to be worn by the members of said Department, insignia or
emblem of office, such as are worn by the members of the respective police forces or
sheriff or constable, or to have any simulation or imitation of such articles for the purpose
of deception. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or to both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to reflect the status of the head of the Department of
State Police as the Secretary of a principal department of State government in
light of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994.

442.

(b)     No dealer shall sell or transfer any pistol or revolver until after seven days
shall have elapsed from the time an application to purchase or transfer shall have been
executed by the prospective purchaser or transferee, in triplicate, and forwarded by the
prospective seller or transferor to the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland]
State Police.

(c)     The dealer shall promptly after receiving an application to purchase or
transfer, completed in accordance with subsection (e) below, forward one copy of the
same, by certified mail, to the [Superintendent] SECRETARY of the [Maryland] State
Police. The copy forwarded to the [said Superintendent] SECRETARY shall contain the
name, address, and signature of the prospective seller or transferor. The prospective
seller or transferor shall retain one copy of the application for a period of not less than
three years. The prospective purchaser or transferee shall be entitled to the remaining
copy of the application.

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