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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="4-107" title_number="4" title_name="Pretrial Procedures" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Charging Procedures and Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>It is not necessary to set forth a copy of an ordinance or a section of an ordinance in a charging document for the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation, a county, or a special taxing area.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A charging document specified in subsection (a) of this section is sufficient if it:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cites the ordinance alleged to have been violated by date of passage or, if codified, by article and section number;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>conforms to the law governing the framing of charging documents for a violation of an act of the General Assembly; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>concludes with the words “against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.”.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
