Section 22-106 - Rules of construction. - Maryland Statutes

§ 22-106. Rules of construction.
 

(a)  Liberal construction to promote purposes.- This title shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies to: 

(1) Support and facilitate the realization of the full potential of computer information transactions; 

(2) Clarify the law governing computer information transactions; 

(3) Enable expanding commercial practice in computer information transactions by commercial usage and agreement of the parties; 

(4) Promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of this title among states that enact it; and 

(5) Permit the continued expansion of commercial practices in the excluded transactions through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties. 

(b)  Varying effect of provisions by agreement.- Except as otherwise provided in § 22-113 (a) of this subtitle, the use of mandatory language or the absence of a phrase such as "unless otherwise agreed" in a provision of this title does not preclude the parties from varying the effect of the provision by agreement. 

(c)  Condition for a result.- The fact that a provision of this title imposes a condition for a result does not by itself mean that the absence of that condition yields a different result. 

(d)  Enforceability of terms.- To be enforceable, a term need not be conspicuous, negotiated, or expressly assented or agreed to, unless required by applicable law. 
 

[2000, ch. 11; ch. 61, § 6.]