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Consumer Protection (Price And Supplies Control) Act

consolidated text (as at 2015, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.

Later amending instruments held: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 (Act No 11 of 2018), Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 (Act No 14 of 2019), Covid-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020, Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (Act No 15 of 2021), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Act No 15 of 2022), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Act No 12 of 2023), Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (Act No. 11 of 2024), Finance Act 2025 (Act No. 18 of 2025).

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Sections

  1. 1 Short title
  2. 2 Interpretation
  3. PART II: PRICE CONTROL
  4. 2A Interpretation of Part II
  5. 3 Maximum price
  6. 3A Contributions on petroleum products inserted by Act No 11 of 2018
  7. PART II: PRICE CONTROL
  8. 4 Maximum mark-up
  9. 5 Maximum recommended retail price
  10. 6 Illegal charging of VAT
  11. 7 Price label
  12. 7A Information on commodities being sold inserted by Act No 12 of 2023
  13. 7B Manner of indication of selling price inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  14. 7C Display of prior price inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  15. PART II: PRICE CONTROL
  16. 8 Selling at a price higher than that displayed
  17. 8A Multiple prices displayed inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  18. PART II: PRICE CONTROL
  19. 9 Misleading price indication
  20. 9A Inadvertent and obvious error in displayed price inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  21. 9B Displayed price altered, defaced, covered, removed inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  22. PART III: PREVENTION OF HOARDING
  23. 10 Registration of warehouses
  24. 11 Certificate of registration
  25. 12 Restriction on storage
  26. 13 Prohibition on storage
  27. 14 Restriction on removal
  28. 15 Notice of warehouse
  29. 16 Closure of premises
  30. 17 Duty to expose
  31. 18
  32. 19 Refusing to sell
  33. 20 Obligation to keep records for purposes of costing and mark-up
  34. 21 Duty to produce register
  35. PART IV: POWERS OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS
  36. 22 Authorised officers
  37. 22 Authorised officer inserted by Act No 14 of 2019
  38. PART IV: POWERS OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS
  39. 23 Power of search
  40. 24 Inspection of documents
  41. 25 Seizure
  42. 26 Warrant
  43. 27 Return of goods and documents
  44. 27A Prosecution inserted by Act No 11 of 2024
  45. PART IV: POWERS OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS
  46. 28 Protection from liability
  47. PART IVA: IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOODS
  48. 28A Interpretation of Part IVA
  49. 28B Import or export permit
  50. PART V: PROSECUTION BEFORE COURT
  51. 29 Jurisdiction of Courts
  52. 30 Procedure of Court
  53. 30A Fixed Penalty Notice inserted by Act No 1 of 2020
  54. 30B Payment of fixed penalty inserted by Act No 1 of 2020
  55. 30C Non-payment of fixed penalty inserted by Act No 1 of 2020
  56. PART V: PROSECUTION BEFORE COURT
  57. 31 Offences and penalties
  58. 32 Powers of Court
  59. 33 Appeal
  60. 34 Rules
  61. PART VI: MISCELLANEOUS
  62. 35 Regulations
  63. 36 Powers of Minister