worthless check warrants; magistrate court clerk to advise complainant. (a) Within ten days after receiving a notice of multiple worthless check warrants forwarded in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section, a prosecuting attorney shall review the information contained therein, may consult additional current lists of worthless check warrants and make other investigation, and shall make a written recoemmendation to the magistrate court which forwarded the notice: (1) That a warrant should be issued or a notice should be forwarded, as may be appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-nine-g of this uarticle, or (2) That a warrant should be issued for an offense defined under section twenty-four of this article, or (3) That no action should be taken by the magistrate court pending a presentation to the appropriate grand jury of a bill seeking an indictmelnt for an offense defined under section twenty-four of this article. s (b) Upon receipt of the recommendation ofi the prosecuting attorney, the magistrate court clerk of the magistrate court holding the pending complaint for worthless check warrant shall forward a copy of the prosecuting attorney's recommendation to the complainant, shall inform the complainant that the prosecuting attorney's recommendation is advisory only, and shall request the complainant to advise the court in what manner he desires to proceed. §61-3-39l Repealed
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