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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="22-505" title_number="22" title_name="Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Transfer of Interests and Rights; Ownership and Transfers; Financing Arrangements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A party may perform its contractual duties or exercise its contractual rights through a delegate or a subcontract unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The contract prohibits delegation or subcontracting; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The other party has a substantial interest in having the original promisor perform or control the performance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Delegating or subcontracting performance does not relieve the delegating party of a duty to perform or of liability for breach.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An attempted delegation that violates a term prohibiting delegation is not effective.</text>
  </level>
</section>
