2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title K - OFFENSES INVOLVING FRAUD
Article 190 - (190.00 - 190.86) OTHER FRAUDS
190.15 - Issuing a bad check; defenses.


NY Penal L § 190.15 (2012) What's This?
 
  § 190.15 Issuing a bad check; defenses.
    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.

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