(A) Any person concealing unpurchased merchandise of any establishment, either on the premises or outside the premises of the establishment, shall be presumed to have so concealed the merchandise with the intention of committing a wrongful taking of such merchandise.
(B) Such concealment or the finding of such unpurchased merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of such person shall be conclusive evidence of reasonable grounds and probable cause for the detention, in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time, of such person by a merchant or his or her agent or an employee. Any such reasonable detention shall not be deemed to be unlawful nor render any such merchant or his or her agent or employee criminally or civilly liable.
(Prior Code, § 10-306) Penalty, see § 134.99