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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO:
(1) PROHIBIT OR LIMIT THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OF A PERSON;
(2) APPLY TO A FARMER WHILE SLAUGHTERING LIVESTOCK OF THE
FARMER; OR
(3) APPLY TO RITUAL SLAUGHTER
(D) PROHIBITED.
A SLAUGHTERER, PACKER, OR STOCKYARD OPERATOR MAY NOT, UNLESS BY A
HUMANE METHOD:
(1) SHACKLE, HOIST, OR OTHERWISE BRING LIVESTOCK INTO POSITION
FOR SLAUGHTER; OR
(2) BLEED OR SLAUGHTER LIVESTOCK.
(E) INSPECTION.
THE SECRETARY SHALL INSPECT THE HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK IN
CONNECTION WITH SLAUGHTERING IN AN OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENT.
(F) PENALTY.
(1) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A
MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100
FOR EACH VIOLATION.
(2) IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTY UNDER. PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THE SECRETARY MAY REFUSE TO PROVIDE OR MAY SUSPEND
TEMPORARILY INSPECTION SERVICES FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT VIOLATES
THIS SECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK.
REVISOR'S NOTE: Chapter 26, Acts of 2002, which enacted the Criminal Law
Article, also added this section, which is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 27, §§ 333B, 333C, 333D, and 333A(a)
and (c) through (g), and former AG § 4-123.1.
With respect to former AG § 4-123.1, subsection (a)(2) of this section is
revised as a definition for clarity, brevity, and consistency with former Art.
27, § 333A(g). As a result, the reference to the requirement that livestock
may only be slaughtered "[a]t an official establishment. or custom
slaughterhouse ... according to" a humane method is deleted as
unnecessary.
In subsection (a)(2) of this section, the reference to "livestock" is
substituted for the former references to an "animal" for consistency within
this section.
Also in subsection (a)(2) of this section, the reference a "humane method"
specifically "not includ[ing] [a method]" is substituted for the former
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