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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1907" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Maryland Credit Services Businesses Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any breach by a credit services business of a contract under this subtitle, or of any obligation arising under it, shall constitute a violation of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any contract for services from a credit services business that does not comply with the applicable provisions of this subtitle shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to the public policy of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any waiver by a consumer of any of the provisions of this subtitle shall be deemed void and unenforceable by a credit services business as contrary to the public policy of this State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any attempt by a credit services business to have a consumer waive rights given by this subtitle shall constitute a violation of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In any proceeding involving this subtitle, the burden of proving an exemption or an exception from a definition is upon the person claiming it.</text>
  </level>
</section>
