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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="11-413" title_number="11" title_name="Maryland Securities Act" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Requirements of Broker-Dealers, Agents, Investment Advisers, Investment Adviser Representatives, and Federal Covered Advisers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner by order summarily may postpone or suspend registration pending final determination of any proceeding under § 11-412 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the entry of the order, the Commissioner promptly shall notify the applicant or registrant, as well as the employer or prospective employer if the applicant or registrant is an agent or investment adviser representative:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>That it has been entered;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The reasons for its entry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>That within 15 days after the receipt of a written request the matter will be set down for hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a hearing is not requested and one is not ordered by the Commissioner, the order will remain in effect until it is modified or vacated by the Commissioner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a hearing is requested or ordered, the Commissioner, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may modify or vacate the order or extend it until final determination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
