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Section 7B: Manner of indication of selling price

Consumer Protection (Price And Supplies Control) Act

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

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7B. Manner of indication of selling price (1) Every registered person or other trader shall ensure that price labels for goods offered for sale are placed in close proximity to the respective goods. Acts 2024 415 (2) The indication of selling price of any goods or services shall be in Mauritian currency and in Arabic numerals. (3) Where a registered person or other trader indicates his willingness to accept foreign currency in payment for a product, he shall, in addition to the required price indications in Mauritian currency – (a) give an indication of the selling price required for the product in the foreign currency in question, together with any commission to be charged; or (b) clearly identify the conversion rate on the basis of which the foreign currency price will be calculated, together with any commission to be charged; and (c) indicate that such selling price or conversion rate, as the case may be, does not apply to transactions via a payment card to be applied to accounts denominated in currencies other than Mauritian currency, the conversion rate for which will be that applied by the relevant payment scheme which processes the transaction.

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