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OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO A FINANCE COMPANY OR
OTHER THIRD PARTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT OF THE FIFTH BUSINESS
DAY FOLLOWING THE DAY THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED OR THE
CONSUMER GOODS OR CONSUMER SERVICES WERE PURCHASED; OR

(9) FAIL, WITHIN 10 BUSINESS   DAYS OF RECEIVING A

BUYER'S NOTICE OF CANCELLATION, TO  NOTIFY HIM WHETHER THE

SELLER INTENDS TO REPOSSESS OR TO   ABANDON ANY SHIPPED OR
DELIVERED GOODS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 83, §29.

Present §29, which was enacted by Ch. 753,
Acts of 1974, provides that "[i]n connection
with any door-to-door sale, it constitutes an
unlawful practice, as such term is used in
section 21 of this article, for any seller
to..." Ch. 609, Acts of 1974, however,
repealed §21 of Art. 83 and, in effect,
substituted the new concept of an "unfair or
deceptive trade practice" as well as new
enforcement and other procedures for
violations of these practices. As a result,
to correct the resultant gap and inconsistency
in language in a manner which the Commission
believes is faithful to the legislative scheme
intended by enactment of Chs. 609 and 753, the
term "unfair or deceptive trade practice" is
substituted in this section, with a
cross—reference to Title 13 of this article.

The only other changes are in style.

The Commission notes that the Federal
Regulation, 37 F.R. 22933, after which the
source law to this subtitle was patterned,
refers in its counterpart to items (1)(i) and
(2) (ii) of this section to "Spanish" as an
example of what is meant by "the same language
as that principally used in the..presentation"
and "the same language as that used in the
contract." The Commission suspects that the
absence of this example in present §29 results
only from the belief that it was unnecessary
and not with any intent to broaden the meaning
of the word "language."

14-303. CANCELLATION OF SALE.

IF THE SELLER VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF §14-302 OF
THIS SUBTITLE, THE BUYER MAY CANCEL THE DOOR-TO-DOOR SALE
BY NOTIFYING THE SELLER IN ANY MANNER AND BY ANY MEANS OF
HIS INTENTION TO CANCEL.