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N.Y. Penal Law § 190.15 : Offenses Involving Fraud — Penal — Other Frauds — Issuing a bad check; defenses

Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

In any prosecution for issuing a bad check, it is an affirmative defense that:

1. The defendant or a person acting in his behalf made full satisfaction of the amount of the check within ten days after dishonor by the drawee; or
2. The defendant, in acting as a representative drawer, did so as an employee who, without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of his employer or of a superior officer or employee generally authorized to direct his activities.
N.Y. Penal Law § 190.15