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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Competition Act, 2002 Section 27

ORDERS BY COMMISSION AFTER INQUIRY INTO AGREEMENTS OR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION Where after inquiry the Commission

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About this section

Competition Act, 2002 Section 27 is part of Competition Act, 2002 — ORDERS BY COMMISSION AFTER INQUIRY INTO AGREEMENTS OR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION Where after inquiry the Commission. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) direct any enterprise or association of enterprises or person or association of persons, as the case may be, involved in such agreement, or abuse of dominant position, to discontinue and not to re-enter such agreement or discontinue such abuse of dominant position, as the case may be;

(b) impose such penalty, as it may deem fit which shall be not more than ten per cent of the average of the turnover for the last three preceding financial years, upon each of such person or enterprises which are parties to such agreements or abuse:

Provided that in case any agreement referred to in section 3-has been entered into by any cartel, the Commission shall impose upon each producer, seller, distributor, trader or service provider included in that cartel, a penalty equivalent to three times of the amount of profits made out of such agreement by the cartel or ten per cent of the average of the turnover of the cartel for the last preceding three financial years, whichever is higher;

(c) award compensation to parties in accordance with the provisions contained in section 34-;

(d) direct that the agreements shall stand modified to the extent and in the manner as may be specified in the order by the Commission;

(e) direct the enterprises concerned to abide by such other orders as the Commission may pass and comply with the directions, including payment of costs, if any;

(f) recommend, to the Central Government for the division of an enterprise enjoying dominant position;

(g) pass such other order as it may deem fit.

Frequently asked questions

What does Competition Act, 2002 Section 27 provide?

Section Section 27 of the Competition Act, 2002 (ORDERS BY COMMISSION AFTER INQUIRY INTO AGREEMENTS OR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION Where after inquiry the Commission) is reproduced on this page as part of the Competition Act, 2002. 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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