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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="9-505" title_number="9" title_name="Crimes Against Public Administration" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="False Statements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not manufacture, possess, transport, or place:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a device or container that is labeled as containing or is intended to represent a toxic material, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, or harass; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a device that is constructed to represent a destructive device, as defined in § 4-501 of this article, with the intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, or harass.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section may be ordered by the court to pay restitution to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State, county, municipal corporation, bicounty unit, multicounty unit, county board of education, public authority, or special taxing district for actual costs reasonably incurred as a result of a violation of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the owner or tenant of a property for the actual value of any goods, services, or income lost as a result of the evacuation of the property as a result of a violation of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection may not be construed to limit the right of a person to restitution under Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act in violation of this section is a minor, the court may order the minor, the minor’s parent, or both to pay the restitution described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of Title 11, Subtitle 6 of the Criminal Procedure Article apply to an order of restitution under this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, if the person convicted or found to have committed a delinquent act under this section is a minor, the court may order the Motor Vehicle Administration to initiate an action, under the motor vehicle laws, to suspend the driving privilege of the minor for a specified period not to exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a first violation, 6 months; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each subsequent violation, 1 year or until the person is 21 years old, whichever is longer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
