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South Africa
MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Mpumalanga Consumer Affairs Act, No. 6 of 1998 (Version 1 of 2)

Long title


To provide for the investigation, prohibition and control of unfair business practices in the interest of the protection of consumers, and for that purpose to establish an Office for the Investigation of Unfair Business Practices and a Consumer Affairs Court; to amend certain laws so as to authorised local authorities to establish consumer advise offices; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE

Definitions
1. Consumers
2. Establishment of Office for the Investigation of Unfair 
3. Business Practices
4. Consumer Protector and staff of Office
5. Functions of Office
6. Lodging of complaints with Office
7. Investigations of Office
8. Summoning and questioning of persons and production of books and documents
9. Investigating officers
10. Search and seizure
11. Negotiation of arrangements to discontinue unfair business practice
12. Institution of proceedings after completion of investigation
13. Establishment of Consumer Affairs Court
14. Appointment of Members of a court
15. Persons disqualified from being members of court
16. Constitution of court
17. Functions and powers of court
18. Proceedings of court
19. Summoning of witnesses and production of documents
20. Urgent temporary orders
21. Confirmation of arrangements negotiated by Office
22. Order by court prohibiting unfair business practice
23. Functions of curator appointed by the court
24. Declaration of certain business practices to be unlawful
25. Appeal
26. Giving of notice to competent authorities of unfair business practices and offences
27. Confidentiality
28. Limitation of liability
29. Regulations
30. Offences in relation to prohibited business practices
31. Penalties
32. Application
33. Waiver of benefits
34. Civil remedies
35. Amendment of laws
36. Repeal of laws
37. Short title and commencement
Sch.1. SCHEDULE 1. AMENDMENT OF LAWS
Sch.2. SCHEDULE 2. LAWS REPEALED
 
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Versions Links
As unamended - Version 1 published in PG00366 LINK
As unamended - Version 2 published in PG00586 LINK
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