Ch. 344                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 344
(House Bill 1450)

AN ACT concerning

Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act

FOR the purpose of adopting the revised Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act;
repealing existing provisions relating to certification of questions of law; specifying
the process by which the Court of Appeals or the Court of Special Appeals may
certify a question of law to the highest court of another jurisdiction; specifying the
process by which the Court of Appeals may answer a question of law certified to it
by a court of another jurisdiction; providing for the fees and costs of certification;
providing for the construction and severability of this Act; and generally relating to
the certification of questions of law.

BY repealing

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 12-601 through 12-609, inclusive
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 12-601 through 12-613, inclusive
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 12-601 through 12-609, inclusive, of Article - Courts and
Judicial Proceedings of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

12-601. DEFINITIONS.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANING
INDICATED.

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