Section 4: General principles
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4. General principles
(1) Any act or practice, referred to in sections 5 to 9 which, in the
course of any industrial or commercial activity, is contrary to honest commercial practice, shall be unlawful.
(2) Any act referred to in subsection (1) shall amount to an act of unfair
practice and may give rise to a claim in damages.
(3) In any action under this Act, the Court may, notwithstanding any
other enactment, grant such remedies, by way of damages, injunction, forfeiture or otherwise, as the Court may think fit.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the term “contrary to honest
commercial practice” shall include any practice, which may constitute a
breach of contract, a breach of confidence, an inducement to breach or the
acquisition of undisclosed information by third parties who knew, or were
grossly negligent in failing to know, that any such practice was involved in
the acquisition.