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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 Preamble

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986 Preamble is part of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986

[Act, No. 68 of 1986]

[24th December, 1986]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for thai purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers' disputes and for matters connected therewith.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

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Section Preamble of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (Consumer Protection Act, 1986) is reproduced on this page as part of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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