The Assam State Consumer Protection Rules, 1989

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    "title": "The Assam State Consumer Protection Rules, 1989",
    "short_title": "The Assam State Consumer Protection Rules, 1989",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification Gazette of Assam, Extr",
    "act_year": 1989,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam State Consumer Protection Rules, 1989",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(b) \"Agent\" means a person duly authorised by a party to present any complaint or appeal or reply on its behalf before the State Commission or the District Forum ;\n(c) \"Appellant\" means a party which makes an appeal against the order of the District Forum ;\n(d) \"Memorandum\" means memorandum of appeal filed by the appellant ;\n(e) \"Opposite party\" means a person who answers complaint of claim ;\n(f) \"President\" means the President of the State Commission or District Forum, as the case may be ;\n(g) \"Respondent\" means the person who answers any memorandum of appeal;\n(h) \"State\" means the State of Assam ;\n(i) \"State Government\" means the Government of Assam in the Department of Food and Civil Supplies.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Salaries and other allowances and terms and conditions of the President and Members of the District Forum.",
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            "content": "(a) has been adjudged an insolvent, or\n(b) has been convicted of an offence which in the opinion of the State Government involves moral turpitude, or\n(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as such member, or\n(d) has acquired such financial or other interest as if likely to affect prejudicially his functions as a member, or\n(e) has so abused his position as to render his continuance in office prejudicial to the public interest:",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "4. Place of sitting and other matters relating to District Forum. [Section 14(3)].",
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            "content": "(a) Persons who are appointed President/Members of any District Forum can also be appointed as President/Members of another District Forum but hearing of cases arising out of the territorial limits of any District Forum can be conducted only in that District and not while sitting in another District.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "5. Procedure to be adopted by the District Forum for analysis and testing of the goods. [Section 13(l)(c)].",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) Name and address of the appropriate laboratory to which sample will be sent for analysis and test;\n(ii) Name and address of the District Forum ;\n(iii) Case No. ;\n(iv) Seal of the District Forum.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "6. Salary and other allowances and terms and conditions of the President and Members of the State Commission. [Section 16(2)].",
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            "content": "(I) The President and the Members of the District Forum shall hold office for a term of 5 years or up to 65 years of age, whichever is earlier, and shall not be eligible for reappointment:\n(a) by writing under his hand and addressed to the State Government resign his office any time ;\n(b) be removed from his office in accordance with provisions of sub-rule (5).\n(a) has been adjudged an insolvent; or\n(b) has been convicted of an offence which in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude; or\n(c) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as such Member, or\n(d) has acquired such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as a Member, or\n(e) has so abused his position as to render his continuance, in office prejudicial to the public interest.\n(II) The President or any Member ceasing to hold office as such shall not hold any appointment in or be connected with the management or administrations of an organisation which have been the subject of any proceedings under the Act during his tenure for a period of 5 years from the date on which he ceases to hold such office.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "7. Place of sitting and other matters relating to State Commission. [Section 14 (3) read with Section 18].",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "8. Procedure for hearing appeal [Section 25].",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 11th February, 2020 [ass107]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification Gazette of Assam, Extraordinary, dated 30th December, 1989",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1989",
        "Short Title": "The Assam State Consumer Protection Rules, 1989",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}