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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-2702" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–304 of this article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not be found guilty of a violation of § 6–304 of this article if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the license holder or employee establishes to the satisfaction of the finder of fact that the license holder or employee used due caution to establish that the individual was not under the age of 21 years; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the individual was not a resident of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The granting of probation before judgment to a license holder or employee of the license holder for a violation of § 6–304 of this article does not bar the Board from proceeding administratively against the license holder for the violation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
