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Consumer Protection Act (No. 1 of 1979) - Sect 20

Exclusive dealing

20.
(1) No trader shall, in the course of a trade or business except with the written approval of the National Prices Commission granted in the interest of the national economy, engage in the practice of exclusive dealing.
(2) A trader engages in the practice of exclusive dealing if such trader-
(a) supplies any goods or services ; or
(b) charges a price for the supply of any goods or services ; or
(c) gives or allows a discount, allowance, rebate or credit in relation to the supply of any goods or services,
(d) requires, as the condition of the supply to a person of goods or services of a kind that he could not lawfully supply but for the issue or grant to the trader of a licence, permit, authority or registration under any written law, that the person acquire all or part of his requirements of other goods or services directly or indirectly from such trader; or
(e) requires, as a condition of the supply to a person of goods or services, that the person acquire all or a part of his requirements of other goods or services directly or indirectly from a second person.


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