VENDING MACHINE SLUGS
Act 148 of 1933
AN ACT to provide penalties for using, manufacturing, selling or giving away tokens, slugs, or spurious coins for the fraudulent operation of vending machines, coin-boxes, depository boxes or other receptacles, designed to receive lawful coins of the United States of America, in payment for the sale, use or enjoyment of property or service.
History: 1933, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
752.801 Vending machine or other receptacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin; use of slugs or other device as misdemeanor; penalty.
Sec. 1.
Any person who by means of any token, slug, false or counterfeited coin, or by any other means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of any vending machine, coin-box, depository box, or other receptacle established and maintained for the service of the public, and designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America in furtherance of or in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, knowingly shall operate or cause to be operated, or shall attempt to operate or attempt to cause to be operated, any such vending machine or other receptacle, or whoever shall take, obtain, accept, or receive from or by means of any such vending machine or other receptacle, any article of value or service or the use or enjoyment of any facility or service, without depositing in, delivering to and payment into such vending machine or other receptacle the amount of lawful coin of the United States of America properly chargeable and legally collectible by the owner, lessee, or licensee of the vending machine, coin-box, or other receptacle, as and for the price of an article of value or service or for the use or enjoyment of any facility or service, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $200.00, or imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
History: 1933, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933
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CL 1948, 752.801
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Am. 1985, Act 49, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1985
752.802 Slugs for vending machines; manufacture, felony.
Sec. 2.
Any person who, with intent to cheat or defraud the owner, lessee, licensee or other person entitled to the contents of any vending machine, coin-box, depository box or other receptacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America in furtherance of or connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property or service or the use or enjoyment of any facilities, or whoever, knowingly or having cause to believe that the same is intended for fraudulent or unlawful use on the part of the purchaser, donee or user thereof, shall manufacture for sale, sell or give away any token, slug, false or counterfeited coin or any device or substance whatsoever intended or calculated to be placed, deposited or used in any such vending machine, coin-box, depository box or other receptacle, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than 500 dollars or imprisoned in the state prison for not more than 5 years or both.
History: 1933, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933
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CL 1948, 752.802
752.803 Construction of act.
Sec. 3.
This act shall not be construed to repeal by implication or otherwise any existing law in relation to any of the subject matter hereof.
History: 1933, Act 148, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933
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CL 1948, 752.803
Rendered 8/15/2025 8:30 AM
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