LAGOS STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY LAW

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Interpretation

2.       Establishment of the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency

3.       Establishment and Composition of the Governing Board of the Agency

4.       Objectives of the Agency

5.       Functions of the Agency

6.       Tenure of Office of Members of the Board

7.       Remunerations and Allowances of the Board

8.       Removal of a Member of the Board

9.       Meetings and Proceedings of the Board

10.     Quorum

11.     Voting

12.     Consumer Protection Offices in Local Government Areas

13.     Liability for Defective Products

14.     Complaint to the Agency

15.     Procedure on Receipt of Complaint

16.     Findings of the Agency

17.     Transfer of Complaints

18.     Liability for Offences by Bodies Corporate

19.     Prohibition on Exclusion from Liability

20.     Compliance Notices

21.     Limitation Period

22.     The General Manager and other Staff of the Agency

23.     Executive Secretary of the Agency

24.     Pensionable Service

25.     Inspection Officers

26.     Power to Enter Search and Seize

27.     Emergency Order Affecting Supply of a Product

28.     Return of Goods

29.     Enforcement of Orders of the Agency

30.     Service of Notices

31.     Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith

32.     Vacancy or Defect in Appointment not to Invalidate Proceeding. etc.

33.     Power to Co-opt

34.     Power to make Regulations

35.     Power to give Directives

36.     Right of Action

37.     Fines and Penalties

38.     Convicted Persons liable for Costs and Expenses of Proceedings and Investigation

39.     Convicted Traders Liable to Compensate Consumers for Loss or Damage

40.     Court may Order Convicted Person to Publish Corrective Statement

41.     Summary Trial of Persons Indicted

42.     Financial Provisions

43.     Agency may Publish Information Concerning certain Persons

44.     Power to Accept Gifts

45.     Account and Audit

46.     Annual Reports and Estimates

47.     Savings for other Rights of the Consumer

48.     Repeal

49.     Citation and Commencement

CHAPTER C13

CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY LAW

A LAW TO ESTABLISH THE LAGOS STATE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY, PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE INTEREST OF CONSUMERS, SETTLEMENT OF CONSUMER DISPUTES AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

[Commencement] THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA