Insertion of new section 33a in Act No. 1 of 1979.
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2. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 33, and shall have effect as section 33A, of the Consumer Protection Act, No. 1 of 1979 :
Consumer Protection Fund.
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33A.
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(1) A fund to be called the Consumer Protection Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the " the Fund ") is hereby established.
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(2) There shall be paid into Fund
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(a) such sums of money as may be voted from time to time by Parliament for the purpose of consumer education or any purpose connected therewith or incidental thereto ;
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(b) all fines imposed by the court for any offence under this Act;
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(c) fifty per centum of the proceeds of the sale of any articles forfeited under this Act ; and
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(d) such sums of money as may be made by way of grant or donation to the Fund by any person or body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate,
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(3) There shall, be paid out of the Fund such sums of money as the Commissioner may consider necessary -
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(a) for the promotion, assistance and encouragement of consumer organizations and the administration and development of such organizations ;
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(b) for consumer education and the dissemination of information relating thereto, and for any purpose connected with or incidental to the furtherance of such education.
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(4) The Commissioner shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund.
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(5) The accounts of the Fund shall be audited by the Auditor-General
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