Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378)
Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 60
60. (1) A product is defective if it fails to provide the safety
which a person is entitled to expect, taking all circumstances into
account including:
(a) the presentation of the product, how it was marketed,
and any directions and warnings provided,
(b) the use to which it could reasonably be expected that
the product would be put, and
(c) the time when the product was put into circulation.
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(2) A product shall not be cons idered defective only because a
better product is subsequently put into circulation.
( 3 ) A p r o d u c t s h a l l b e c o n s i dered defective if it does not
provide for the safety which is usually provided for by other
models of the same type.
Damages that are
recoverable.
Added by:
XXVI. 2000.15.
Amended by:
L.N. 425 of 2007;
VI. 2011.97.
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