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| South Africa WESTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS  |
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Western Cape Consumer Affairs
(Unfair Business Practices) Act, No. 10 of 2002
Long title
To provide for the investigation, prohibition and control of unfair business practices; to establish an Office of the Consumer Protector and Consumer Affairs Tribunals; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE |
|
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Application
of Act |
| 3. | Consumers |
| 4. | Establishment
of Office of Consumer Protector |
| 5. | Consumer
Protector and staff of office |
| 6. | Functions
of office |
| 7. | Lodging
of complaints with office |
| 8. | Investigations
by office |
| 9. | Summons
and questioning of persons and production of books and documents |
| 10. | Investigation
officers |
| 11. | Search
and seizure |
| 12. | Negotiation
of arrangements to discontinue unfair business practice |
| 13. | Institution
of proceedings upon completion of investigation |
| 14. | Establishment
of Consumer Affairs Tribunal |
| 15. | Appointment
of tribunal members |
| 16. | Persons
disqualified from being members of tribunals |
| 17. | Constitution
of tribunal |
| 18. | Powers,
functions and duties of tribunal |
| 19. | Proceedings
of tribunals |
| 20. | Summoning
of witnesses and production of documents |
| 21. | Urgent
temporary orders |
| 22. | Confirmation
of arrangements negotiated by office |
| 23. | Order
by tribunal prohibiting unfair business practice |
| 24. | Functions
of curator appointed by tribunal |
| 25. | Declaration
of certain business practices to be unlawful |
| 26. | Appeal |
| 27. | Giving
of notice to competent authorities of unfair business practices and
offences |
| 28. | Confidentiality |
| 29. | Limitation
of liability |
| 30. | Regulations |
| 31. | Offences
in relation to prohibited business practices |
| 32. | Penalties |
| 33. | State
bound |
| 34. | Waiver
of benefits |
| 35. | Civil
remedies |
| 36. | Short title and commencement |
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