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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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WHILE LAWFULLY MARRIED TO A LIVING PERSON, A PERSON MAY NOT ENTER
INTO A MARRIAGE CEREMONY WITH ANOTHER
(C) PENALTY.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF THE FELONY OF BIGAMY
AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 9 YEARS.
(D) CHARGING DOCUMENT.
AN INDICTMENT OR WARRANT FOR BIGAMY IS SUFFICIENT IF IT
SUBSTANTIALLY STATES: "(NAME OF DEFENDANT) ON (DATE), IN (COUNTY), HAVING A
LIVING SPOUSE, FELONIOUSLY ENTERED INTO A MARRIAGE CEREMONY WITH (NAME
OF SUBSEQUENT SPOUSE), IN VIOLATION OF § 10-502 OF THE CRIMINAL LAW
ARTICLE, AGAINST THE PEACE, GOVERNMENT, AND DIGNITY OF THE STATE.".
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 27, §§ 18 and 19.
In subsection (c) of this section, the reference to being "guilty of the felony"
is added to state expressly that which only was implied in the former law
by the reference to a "conviction". At common law, the crime of bigamy is
classified as a felony. See Barber v. State, 50 Md. 161, 170 (1878).
In subsection (d) of this section, the reference to "§ 10-502 of the Criminal
Law Article" is substituted for the former archaic phrase "contrary to the
form of the Act of Assembly ... and provided" for clarity and consistency
within this article.
In subsection (d) of this section, the reference to "enter[ing] into a marriage
ceremony with" a subsequent spouse is substituted for the former
reference to "marr[ying]" a subsequent spouse for consistency within this
section.
Defined terms: "County" § 1-101
"Person" § 1-101
SUBTITLE 6. CRIMES RELATING TO ANIMALS.
10-601. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language added as the standard
introductory language to a definition section.
(B) ANIMAL.
"ANIMAL" MEANS A LIVING CREATURE EXCEPT A HUMAN BEING.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived without
substantive change from former Art. 27, § 62, as it defined "animal".
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