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Session Laws, 2002
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
Ch. 213
(4) Providing civil citations and penalties for false alarms,
notwithstanding [the provisions in Article 27, § 156C of the Code] TITLE 9, SUBTITLE
6, PART II OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE; Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments 36F. (b) "Handgun" [means any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being
concealed on the person, including a short-barreled shotgun and a short-barreled
rifle as these terms are defined below, except it does not include a shotgun, rifle or
antique firearm as those terms are defined below] HAS THE MEANING STATED IN §
4-201 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE. Article 38A- Fires and Investigations 8. (g) (1) The State Fire Marshal, in making this inspection or investigation,
may, when in his judgment necessary, take the testimony on oath of all persons
supposed to be cognizant of any facts, or to have the means of knowledge in relation to
the matter herein required to be examined and inquired into, and to cause the
testimony to be reduced to writing; and when, in his judgment, the examination
discloses that the fire or explosion or attempt to cause a fire or explosion was of
incendiary origin or was related to a destructive device as defined in [Article 27, §
139A of the Code] § 4-501 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE, the State Fire Marshal
may arrest the supposed incendiary or cause him to be arrested and charged with the
crime; and shall transmit a copy of the testimony so taken to the State's Attorney for
the county or city wherein the fire or explosion or attempt to cause a fire or explosion
occurred. 34A. Any person who violates § 27A of this subtitle shall be guilty of a felony and,
upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than twenty years, or
fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the
court; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any person who neither
intended to use nor used the explosives involved in violation of any provision of Article
27 of [this] THE Code or: (1) TITLE 1, SUBTITLE 3, TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 7, OR § 4-123.1 OF THE
AGRICULTURE ARTICLE; (2) TITLE 19, SUBTITLE 2 OR SUBTITLE 3, § 11-1002, OR § 11-1003 OF THE
BUSINESS REGULATION ARTICLE; (3) TITLE 14, SUBTITLE 29, § 11-810, § 14-1316, OR § 14-1317 OF THE
COMMERCIAL LAW ARTICLE; (4) § 3-218, § 3-305(c)(2), § 3-409(a) or (c), § 3-803(b), § 3-807(i), §
3-808(d), § 3-811(c), § 8-801, § 8-802, § 9-602(e), § 11-702(b)(8), § 11-703(d)(5)(iii), §
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