Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 14

14. (1) Upon the request even verbal of the aggrieved consumer or of the prosecuting of ficer on his behalf, the court shall where the person concerned is convicted for an offence against a provision of the Act or against any regulation made under artic le 7, make a compensation order whereb y person concerned is ordered t o pay to the aggrieved consumer as full or partial compensation - (a) a sum not in excess of six hundred euro (€600) for any 26 CAP. 378.] CONSUMER AFF AIRS pecuniary loss, and (b) a s um of no t le s s th a n th i r t y f i ve e u r o ( €3 5 ) a n d no t more than seven hundred and fifty euro (€750) as moral damages for any pain, distress, anxiety and inconvenience, suffered by the aggrieved consumer as a result of the offence o r arising therefrom. (2) Any compensation ordered under sub-article (1)( a) shall be reduced from any amount which m ay be given in a judgment by a court or tribunal of civil jurisdiction with regard to the same matter. (3) A request for the making of a compensation order shall not be made where such damages have been settled by agreement with the trader or where the aggrieved consumer has instituted a cla im before a court or a tribunal of civil jurisdiction against the person concerned in respect of the same matter. (4) A compensation order made under this article shall be without prejudice to the right of the aggrieved consumer to ins titute civil action for the recovery of any sum due to him as damages so however that the sum covered by t he compensation order shall be reduced from the total sum due by the person concerned as damages. (5) A compensation order made under this article shall be subject to appeal by the person concerned in the same manner as an appeal from sentence. Cap. 12. (6) When the judgment in which a compensation order is made has become res judicata , the said compensation order shall be deemed to be an executive title for the purposes of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure and shall be enforceable in the same manner as if it were a judgm ent of the Court of Magistrate s (in each case in its inferior civil jurisdiction) of the island where the court making the compensation order is situate. Court orders. Added by: II. 2008.15. Amended by: XIV . 2009.2; VI. 2011.75; XVI.2019.15. Substituted by: XVI.2019.15.