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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-807" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Prohibited Activities; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A banking institution may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue an advertisement or make a representation that is false, misleading, or deceptive;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Impose as a condition for a loan any restriction on obtaining credit, property, or service from a competitor unless the restriction is reasonably necessary to secure the loan;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Impose as a condition for a service any restriction on obtaining credit, property, or service from a competitor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Engage in an act or practice that is anticompetitive, unfair, deceptive, or injurious to public interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner may further define specific acts or practices that are anticompetitive, unfair, deceptive, or injurious to the public interest.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A banking institution and any director, officer, trustee, manager, agent, or employee of a banking institution who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
