§8–613.

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

        (2)    “Service” includes the use of telephone or telegraph facilities, gas, electricity, or a musical instrument, phonograph, or other property.

        (3)    “Vending machine” includes a slot machine, pay telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive United States currency in connection with the sale or use of property or of a service.

    (b)    A person may not:

        (1)    operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated a vending machine by a means not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine, including by means of a slug or by counterfeit, mutilated, sweated, or foreign currency;

        (2)    take, obtain, or receive from or in connection with a vending machine any property or service, without depositing into the vending machine United States currency in the amount required by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine; or

        (3)    manufacture for sale, sell, or give away a slug or device that is intended to be deposited in a vending machine if the person:

            (i)    intends to defraud the owner, lessee, licensee, or other person entitled to the contents of the vending machine; or

            (ii)    knows that the slug or device is intended for unlawful use.

    (c)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.