Consumer Affairs Act (Cap. 378), article 9A

9A. (1) In promoting good trading practices, the Director General shall, with the approval of the Board, make arrangement s for approving codes of conduct and may, in accordance with thes e arrangements, give his approval to or withdraw his approval fro m any code of conduct. (2) Any such arrangements mus t s p e c i f y t h e c r i t e r i a t o b e applied by the Director General in determining whether to give approval to or withdraw appr oval from a code of conduct. (3) Any such arrangements may in particular: (a) specify the type of code of conduct that may be the subject of an application to the Director General for approval indicating the requi site features of the code of conduct, including the persons who are, or are to be subject to the code of conduct, the manner in which it is, or is to be operated and the persons responsible for its operation; and (b) provide for the use in accordance with the arrangements of an official symbol intended to signify that a code of conduct is approved by the Director General. (4) The Director General shall publish any arrangements under sub-article (1) in such manner as he considers appropriate. (5) For the purposes of this article "code of conduct" shall hav e the same meaning assigned to it in article 51A. Liability of trader for acts of his employees, etc. Amended by: II. 2008.10.