Section 13-306 - Certificate when gift or other inducement not available to customer. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-306. Certificate when gift or other inducement not available to customer.
 

(a)  Certificate required.- If a gift or other inducement offered to a customer in exchange for business is not available at the time the customer complies with the conditions attached to the offer, the offeror shall: 

(1) Give the customer a certificate which states in unequivocal language that: 

(i) The customer has complied with the conditions which entitle him to receive the gift or other inducement; and 

(ii) The offeror will give the customer an identical or substantially similar item of equal value on presentment of the certificate; and 

(2) Fully comply with the terms of the certificate. 

(b)  Time for presentment of certificate.- The certificate may designate a period of not less than 90 days after the date the customer receives the certificate within which the certificate must be presented for redemption. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83, § 27A; 1975, ch. 49, § 3.]