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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-610" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes">
  <text>** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **</text>
  <level label="a">
    <text>A police officer or other authorized personnel as determined by regulations may seize cigarettes in the possession of a retailer, subwholesaler, vending machine operator, or wholesaler that have not been marked in accordance with § 16–604 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, cigarettes seized under this section shall be destroyed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The true holder of the trademark rights in the cigarette brand shall be provided the opportunity to inspect any cigarettes seized under this section before the cigarettes are destroyed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
