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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="11-415" 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>Withdrawal from registration as a broker-dealer, agent, investment adviser, or investment adviser representative becomes effective 90 days after receipt of an application to withdraw or within any shorter period of time which the Commissioner determines, unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A revocation or suspension proceeding is pending when the application is filed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A proceeding to revoke, suspend, or impose conditions on the withdrawal is instituted within 90 days after the application is filed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a proceeding is pending or instituted, withdrawal becomes effective at the time and on the conditions the Commissioner by order determines.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If no proceeding is pending or instituted and withdrawal automatically becomes effective, the Commissioner nevertheless may institute a revocation or suspension proceeding under § 11-412(a)(2) of this subtitle within 2 years after withdrawal became effective and enter a revocation or suspension order as of the last date on which registration was effective.</text>
  </level>
</section>
