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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 47-5 Nighttime soliciting prohibited.">
  <section prefix="§" num="47-5" heading="Nighttime soliciting prohibited.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person may engage in soliciting between sunset and sunrise.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exception.">This section does not apply to soliciting that is done solely:<para num="(i)">by passively standing or sitting with a sign or other indication that one is seeking donations; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">without addressing any oral or other solicitation to any specific person other than in response to an inquiry by that person.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Enforcement by Civil Citation.">
      <para num="(1)">This section may be enforced by issuance of a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A citation may be issued under this section only by a police officer.</para>
      <para num="(3)">No person may be imprisoned for a violation of this section, for failing to pay a fine imposed under this section, or for failing to appear in court.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-675</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
          Ord. 04-675, which added § 47-5 and amended the succeeding sections, provides
          “[T]his Ordinance ... will remain effective until the repeal or abrogation of City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}, as enacted by Ordinance 03-595; on the repeal or abrogation of that subtitle, with no further action by the Mayor and City Council, this Ordinance will be abrogated and of no further effect.”
        </annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
