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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="12-605" title_number="12" title_name="Appeals, Certiorari, and Certification of Questions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Certification of Questions of Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The court certifying a question of law to the Supreme Court of Maryland of this State shall issue a certification order and forward it to the Supreme Court of Maryland of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before responding to a certified question, the Supreme Court of Maryland of this State may require the certifying court to deliver all or part of its record to the Supreme Court of Maryland of this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
