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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 2 – Sale of Unpackaged Cigarettes">
  <section prefix="§" num="12-201" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Unpackaged cigarette.">“Unpackaged cigarette” means any cigarette not contained in a sealed package of 20 or more cigarettes that are designed and intended to be sold or distributed as a unit.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §8A(a</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">plan-)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-072</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="12-202" heading="Sale of unpackaged cigarettes prohibited.">
    <text>No person may sell or otherwise transfer for consideration unpackaged cigarettes to any other person.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §8A(a)(2), (b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="12-203" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this subtitle may be enforced by issuance of:<para num="(1)">an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of a citation to enforce this subtitle does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-072</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-595</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="12-204" heading="Penalties.">
    <text>Any person who violates any provisions of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §8A(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-072</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
