View All - 1979 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances CONSUMER PROTECTIONMarginal Notes1. Short title and date of operation. 2. Appointment of officers. 3. Scheme of distribution. 4. Inquiries to working of the scheme of distribution. 5. Commissioner may undertake studies of distribution of articles &c. 6. Commissioner to issue directions to manufacturers or traders in respect of price-marking, labelling and packeting of articles. 7. Selling or offering to sell above the marked price. 8. Manufacture or sale of articles below the specified standard. 9. Failure to comply with order an offence. 10. Agreement to provide for maximum price &c. 11. Refusal to sell articles to be an offence. 12. Denial of possession of any article for purposes of trade or the sale of such article subject to any condition to be an offence. 13. Hoarding of articles by any trader or person to be an offence. 14. Sale of article above the controlled price to be an offence. 15. Trader to display price list.16. Trader to issue receipts to purchasers. 17. Trader to furnish notice board. 18. Misleading or deceptive conduct. 19. False representations. 20. Exclusive dealing. 21. Price discrimination. 22. Warranties in relation to the supply of services. 23. Monopolisation24. Commissioner to exercise special powers under certain circumstances. 25. Minister to exercise special powers under certain circumstances. 26. Power to call for documents. 27. Power of entry, inspection and search. 28. Offences and penalties.29. Proceedings under this Act to have priority in court. 30. Liabilities of certain persons In respect of offences committed by bodies corporate or un -incorporate. 31. Principal liable for offences of agents and servants. 32. Protection of officers. 33. Rewards to certain persons. 34. Regulations. 35. Amendment of the National Prices Commission Law, No. 43 of 1979. 36. Repeal of the Licensing of Traders Act, No. 62 of 1961. 37. Interpretation.