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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 2 – Assaults on Elderly">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-1" heading="“Elderly individual” defined.">
    <text>“Elderly individual” means any individual who is 65 years or older.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §3A(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-222</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="2-2" heading="Enhanced penalties.">
    <text>When a defendant is found guilty of assault or assault and battery on an elderly individual and the defendant is charged under this section:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the court shall impose a sentence of 12 months imprisonment; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">the court may order restitution for any personal injury or property damage suffered by the elderly individual.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §3A(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-222</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
