Section 27A: Prosecution
This section is inserted by Act No 11 of 2024, section 17.
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.
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”;
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(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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Questions this section answers
- Can a consumer protection officer swear the information and conduct a prosecution before a Magistrate?