Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378)
Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 8
8. (1) The Director General may make or issue a public
statement identifying and giving warnings or information about any
of the following:
(a) goods that are unsatisfactory or dangerous and persons
who supply those goods;
(b) services supplied in an unsatisfactory manner and
persons who supply those services;
(c) trading practices detrimental to the interests of
consumers and persons who engage in such practices;
and
(d) any other matter that adversely affects or may
adversely affect the interests of consumers in
connection with the acquisition by them of goods or
services from traders.
(2) When making a statement as is referred to in sub-article (1),
the Director General shall adhere to the principles of fairness and
objectivity.
(3) The Government, the Director General and any public
officer acting on the instructions or authority of the Director
General, shall be exempt from any liability for acts done in good
faith in pursuance of this article by the Director General or any
public officer as aforesaid. Such exemption shall extend to all
persons publishing, printing, recording, broadcasting or
communicating such information by any means whatsoever.
Name of Council
or Office not to be
used in
advertisement.
Amended by:
XXVI. 2000.6;
L.N. 425 of 2007;
VI. 2011.75, 82.
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