The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Representation
There shall be consumer representation on all regulatory bodies and the respective appointing authorities shall have due regard to…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Regulations
(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
General penalty
Any person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one mil…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Compliance with Cap. 394
(1) No aircraft shall fly within Kenyan airspace unless such aircraft meets the safety requirements under the Civil Aviation Act (…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Functions of the Committee
The functions of the Committee shall be— (a) advising the Cabinet Secretary and ensuring relevant action on all aspects relating t…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Establishment of the Committee
(1) There is established a committee to be known as the Kenya Consumers Protection Advisory Committee. (2) The Committee shall con…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Limitation of arbitration
(1) Any term or acknowledgment in a consumer agreement or a related agreement that requires or has the effect of requiring that di…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Disclosure of information
(1) If a supplier is required to disclose information under this Act, the disclosureshall be clear, comprehensible and in accordan…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Confidentiality
(1) A person who obtains information in the course of exercising a power or carrying out a duty related to the administration of t…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Waiver of notice
If a consumer is required to give notice under this Act in order to obtain a remedy, a court may disregard the requirement to give…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Action in Court
(1) If a consumer has a right to commence an action under this Act, theconsumer may commence the action in the appropriate Court.…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Consumer’s recourse on credit card charges
(1) A consumer who has charged to a credit card account all or any part of a payment described in subsection (2) may request the c…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Illegal charges and payments
(1) If a supplier has charged a fee or an amount in contravention of this Act orreceived a payment in contravention of this Act, t…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Title to goods under trade-in payments
If the consumer recovers an amount equal to the trade-in allowance under section 71(1) and the title of the consumer to the goods…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Obligations on cancellation
(1) If a consumer cancels a consumer agreement, the supplier shall, unless the contrary is provided for in the agreement, in accor…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Effect of cancellation
(1) The cancellation of a consumer agreement in accordance with this Actoperates to cancel, as if they never existed— (a) the cons…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Cancellation of consumer agreement
(1) If a consumer has a right to cancel a consumer agreement under this Act, the consumer may cancel the agreement by giving notic…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Consumer agreements not binding
(1) A consumer agreement is not binding on the consumer unless the agreement is made in accordance with this Act and the Regulatio…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Form of consumer notice
(1) If this Act requires a consumer to give notice to a supplier to request aremedy, the consumer may do so by giving notice in ac…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Application of Part
This Part does not apply to remedies claimed in respect to unfair practices under Part III.
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Disclosure statement
(1) The maximum amount of compensation that may be charged to a lessee bya lessor for termination of a lease before the end of the…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Representations
(1) Any person who makes representations or causes representations to bemade about the cost of a lease, whether orally, in writing…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Application of Part
This Part applies to— (a) leases for a fixed term of four months or more; (b) leases for an indefinite term or that are renewed au…
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The Consumer Protection Act CAP 501▤
Allowance for trade-in subject to adjustment
(1) If the amount to be paid by a consumer under a consumer agreementis determined after an allowance for a trade-in and is stated…
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