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Section 27A: Prosecution

Consumer Protection (Price And Supplies Control) Act

This section is inserted by Act No 11 of 2024, section 17.

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27A. Prosecution An authorised officer may swear an information and conduct prosecution in respect of an offence under this Act before a Magistrate. (g) in section 30A, by repealing subsections (1) and (2) and replacing them by the following subsections – (1) Where a person commits an offence specified in the Fifth Schedule, an authorised officer or a police officer who detects the offence shall serve on that person a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN). (2) An FPN under subsection (1) shall – (a) be in the prescribed form; and (b) be drawn in quadruplicate. (h) in section 30B, in subsection (1), by deleting the words “elects to accept” and replacing them by the words “is served with”; (i) in section 30C, by deleting the word “twice” and replacing it by the word “thrice”; 418 Acts 2024 (j) in section 35, in subsection (2)(a), by inserting, after subparagraph (ix), the following new subparagraphs – (ixa) the regulation of any online transaction; (ixb) any matter with regard to the fixing of prices, including prices that are displayed online;

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