HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2847

CHAPTER 591

(House Bill 89)

AN ACT concerning

Deadly Weapon - Star Knife

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the wearing or carrying of a
deadly weapon known as a star knife under certain
circumstances; and defining that device.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 36

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

36.

(a) Every person who shall wear or carry any dirk knife,
bowie knife, switchblade knife, STAR KNIFE, sandclub, metal
knuckles, razor, nunchaku, or any other dangerous or deadly
weapon of any kind, whatsoever (penknives without switchblade and
handguns, excepted) concealed upon or about his person, and every
person who shall wear or carry any such weapon, chemical mace or
tear gas device openly with the intent or purpose of injuring any
person in any unlawful manner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or be
imprisoned in jail, or sentenced to the Maryland Department of
Correction for not more than three years; and in case of
conviction, if it shall appear from the evidence that such weapon
was carried, concealed or openly, with the deliberate purpose of
injuring the person or destroying the life of another, the court
shall impose the highest sentence of imprisonment prescribed. In
Cecil, Anne Arundel, Talbot, Harford, Caroline, Prince George's,
Montgomery, St. Mary's, Washington, Worcester, Kent, and
Baltimore counties it shall also be unlawful and a misdemeanor,
punishable as above set forth, for any person under eighteen
years of age to carry any dangerous or deadly weapon, other than
a handgun, between one hour after sunset and for one hour before
sunrise, whether concealed or not, except while on a bona fide
hunting trip, or except while engaged in or on the way to or
returning from a bona fide trap shoot, sport shooting event, or
any organized civic or military activity.