(a) If a criminal or traffic case is appealed from the District Court to a circuit court, the fine and costs collected in the District Court, including costs collected under Maryland Rule 7-103, shall be forwarded to the circuit court for disposition in accordance with this section. (b) If the appeal in a criminal or traffic case is disposed of other than by acquittal, nolle prosequi, or stet, a fine imposed by the circuit court and the circuit court costs, including the sum paid under Maryland Rule 7-103(c), shall be disposed of in the same manner as are fines and costs in a criminal case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction. The District Court costs shall be returned to the District Court. (c) In a civil case, the court costs shall be disposed of in the same manner as are other costs in a civil case heard by the circuit court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction.
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