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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="11-701" title_number="11" title_name="Trade Regulation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="False Advertising">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Advertise falsely” means to use any advertisement, including a label, which is misleading in a material respect.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Advertise falsely” includes the use of an advertisement that contains an affirmative representation that the Maryland sales and use tax will not be collected by the retailer on a particular transaction without notifying the purchaser of the purchaser’s duty to pay the sales and use tax directly to the Comptroller of this State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Telephone company” has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
