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Consumer Law
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The Consumer Protection Act,1986
Section 1-31
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 8-A
Section 8-B
Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 17-A
Section 17-B
Section 18
Section 18-A
Section 19
Section 19-A
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 22-A
Section 22-B
Section 22-C
Section 22-D
Section 23
Section 24
Section 24-A
Section 24-B
Section 25
Section 26
Section 27
Section 27-A
Section 28
Section 28-A
Section 29
Section 29-A
Section 30
Section 30-A
Section 31
Section 1- Short title, extent, commencement and application.

This Act may be called the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
It shall come into force on such date* as the Central Government may, by notification appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different provisions of this Act.

* The provisions of Chapters I, II and IV of this Act have come into force in the whole of India except the State of Jummu and Kashmir on 15-4-2024 : vide Notification No. S.O. 390 (E), dated 15th April, 1987, published in the Gazette of India, 1987, Extra., Pt. II, Sec. (ii).

The Provisions of Chapter III of this Act havecome into force in the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir on 1-7-1987: vide Notification, No. S.O. 568 (E), dated 10th June, 1987, published in the Gazette of India, 1987, Extra., Pt. II, Sec. 3 (ii).
Save as otherwise expressly provided by the Central Government by notification, this Act shall apply to all goods and services.
     
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