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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="7-107" title_number="7" title_name="Theft and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Theft">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who obtains property or a service by a bad check under the circumstances described in Title 8, Subtitle 1 of this article may not be prosecuted for theft under this part unless that person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>makes a false representation that there are sufficient funds in the drawee bank to cover the check; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>commits deception as provided under § 7-104(b) or (e) of this part.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a person is prosecuted for theft under this section, the presumptions of § 8-104 of this article apply to the same extent as if the person were prosecuted under § 7-104 of this part.</text>
  </level>
</section>
