THE CONSUMERS’ RIGHT PROTECTION ACT. 2009, PART 4

Chapter IV

Offences, Punishment, etc.

  1. Punishment for not using cover of goods etc.—If any person violates any obligation, imposed by any Act or rules, of selling any goods within cover and inscribing weight, amount, ingredients, instructions for use, maximum, retail; price, date of manufacture, date of packaging and date of expiry of that goods on the label, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  2. Punishment for not showing price-list.—If any person violates any obligation, imposed by any Act or rules, of displaying the price-list of goods by affixing it at a conspicuous place of his shop or organization, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  3. Punishment for not preserving and displaying price-list of services.—If any person violates the obligation, imposed under any Act or rules, of preserving price-list of service of his shop or organization and displaying it by affixing at a relevant or conspicuous place, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  4. Punishment for selling goods, medicine or service at higher price than fixed one.—If any person sells or offers to sell any goods, medicine or service at a price higher than the price fixed under any Act or rules, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  5. Punishment for selling adulterated goods or medicine.—If any

person knowingly sells or offers to sell any adulterated goods or medicine, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.

  1. Punishment for mixing prohibited materials in foodstuff.—If any

person mixes with foodstuff any ingredient which is injurious to human life or health and the mixing of which with foodstuff is prohibited by any Act or rules, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.

  1. Punishment for manufacturing or processing goods in illegal process.—If any person manufactures or processes any goods in a process which is injurious to human life or health and prohibited under any Act or rules, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 (two) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 1 (one) lac, or with both.
  2. Punishment for deceiving buyers by false advertisement.—If any

person deceives any buyer by any false or untrue advertisement for the purpose of selling any goods or service, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.

  1. Punishment for not selling or delivering properly any goods or service promised.—If any person does not sell or deliver properly any goods or service promised in consideration of money, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  2. Punishment for deceiving in weight.— If any person sells or supplies any goods to consumer less than the offered weight, at the time of supplying or selling, he shall be punished with imprisonment for not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  3. Punishment for deceiving in weight stone or weight measuring instrument.— If any weight stone or weight measuring instrument used for measuring weight for the purpose of selling or delivering goods in any shop or commercial organization of any person, shows more than the actual weight, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  4. Punishment for deceiving in measurement.— If any person sells or delivers any goods to the consumer less than the offered measurement at the time of delivering or selling, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  5. Punishment for deceiving in measuring gauge or anything used for measuring length.— If any fraud is committed in measuring gauge or anything used for measuring length in selling or delivering goods in any shop or commercial organization of any person, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  6. Punishment for making or manufacturing fake goods.—If

any person makes or manufactures fake goods, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.

  1. Punishment for selling any date expired goods or medicine.—If any

person sells or offers to sell any date expired goods or medicine, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 (one) year, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.

  1. Punishment for doing any act detrimental to life or security of service receiver.—If any person, in violation of any prohibition imposed under any Act or rules, does any act which is detrimental to the life or security of any service receiver, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.
  2. Punishment for damaging money, health or life etc. of service receiver by negligence etc.—If any service provider, by negligence, irresponsibility or carelessness, damaging money, health or life of a service receiver, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 2 (two) lacs, or with both.
  3. Punishment for filing false or vexatious cases.—If any person, with a motive to harass any person, businessman or service provider or to defame him publicly or to damage his business reputation, files any false or vexatious case, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 (three) years, or with fine not exceeding Taka 50 (fifty) thousands, or with both.
  4. Punishment for reoccurring offence.—If any person convicted of any offence mentioned in this Act does the same offence again, he shall be punished with twice the maximum punishment provided for that offence.
  5. Confiscation, etc.—If the court thinks fit, it may, in addition to the punishment provided in the foregoing sections of this Chapter, pass an order to forfeit the illegal goods of manufacturing ingredients, materials etc. related to the offence in favour of the State.

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