Family Economics And Consumer Education 3 (2+1)

Lesson 22: Consumer Protection laws

Main Aim Of Consumer Protection Laws are

1. Prescribing standards of goods and services sold to consumers.
2. Regulating of undesirable practices by business and others.
3. Prescribing terms to be implied into contracts made with consumers.
4. Establishing organizations to receive complaints and to take action.
5. Facilitating promotion of consumer education
6. Licensing and regulating supplies and improving quality of goods and services supplied through selected companies/person
7. Conferring rights on the aggrieved consumer and to redress complaints against businessmen.
8. Checking adulteration of food stuffs and essential goods and to award punishment for creating shortages and under weighing and measuring defects etc.

List of some of the laws enacted to protect consumer interest directly

Sl.No.	Year	Legislation
1	1930	The Sale of Goods Act
2	1937	The Agricultural Produce Act(Grading and marketing)
3	1940	The drugs and Cosmetics Act
4	1950	Emblems and Names(prevention of Improper Use)Act
5	1952	Indian Standards Institution(Certification marks) Act
6	1954	The prevention of Food Adulteration Act
7	1954	The Drugs and magic Remedies(Objectionable –Advertisements)Act
8	1955	The Essential Commodities Act
9	1958	The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act
10	1969	The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practice(MRTP) Act
11	1972	The Hire Purchase Act
12	1974	The Water(Prevention and Control of Pollution)Act
13	1976	The Standards of Weights and Measures Act
14	1980	The Prevention of Black marketing Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act
15	1981	The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)Act
16	1985	The Standard of Weights and measures (Enforcement) Act
17	1986	The Environment Protection Act
18	1986	The Consumer Protection Act
19	1987	The Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) Act
20	1988	Electrical Appliances(Quality Control) Order
21	1992	The Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) Act
22	1993	Electrical Wires. Cables, appliance and Accessories (Quality Control) Order
23	2000	The Information Technology Act