New set of rights for consumers

The new law comes with more rights for consumers and stiffer penalties for offenders PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The new law comes with more rights for consumers and stiffer penalties for offenders PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Government has gazetted the new Consumer Protection Bill, which seeks to, amongst other things, make provision for a new set of rights to be enjoyed by consumers.

The Bill seeks to amend the Consumer Protection Act of 1998, which provides for the protection of the interests of consumers by means of investigation, prohibition and control of unfair business practice.

The Act defines unfair business practice as any business practice which, directly or indirectly, has or is likely to have the effect of unfairly affecting any consumer. It does not, however, prescribe conducts deemed to be unfair business practices. 

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