Section 750.292 - Hotel, motel, inn, restaurant, cafe; defrauding; limitation on proceedings.
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 328 of 1931
750.292 Hotel, motel, inn, restaurant, cafe; defrauding; limitation on proceedings.
Sec. 292.
Any person who shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe as a guest and shall procure any food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, except when credit is given therefor by express agreement, with intent to defraud such keeper thereof out of the pay for the same, or, who, with intent to defraud such keeper out of the pay therefor, shall obtain credit at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe for such food, entertainment or accommodation, by means of any false show of baggage or effects brought thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor. No conviction shall be had under the provisions of this section unless complaint is made within 60 days of the time of the violation hereof.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 750.292 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 19, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Former Law: See section 1 of Act 133 of 1907, being CL 1915, § 6966; and CL 1929, § 8798.