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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 48-1 Throwing missiles.">
  <section prefix="§" num="48-1" heading="Throwing missiles.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Missile” defined.">In this section, “missile” means any object capable of being thrown or used as a projectile, but does not include empty paper wrappers.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exclusions.">This section does not apply to a member of a team or an official participating as a principal in a sporting event while engaged in the course of conduct required by that sporting event.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">It is unlawful for any person to toss, throw, fling, or project, or to cause the tossing, throwing, flinging, or projecting of any missile:<para num="(1)">on or in the direction of any member of a team or official participating as a principal in a sporting event; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">on any playing field or arena during the course of a sporting event.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 12 months or to both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §192A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 77-521</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-145</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
