CPA 72 — Penalty for non-compliance of order

Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Statutory text

(1) Whoever fails to comply with any order made by the
District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month, but which may extend to three years, or with fine, which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees, but which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.
(2)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974),  the District Commission, the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall have the  power  of  a  Judicial  Magistrate  of  first  class  for  the  trial  of  offences  under  sub-section  (1),  and  on conferment   of   such   powers,   the   District   Commission   or   the   State   Commission   or   the   National Commission,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  Judicial  Magistrate  of  first  class  for  the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
(3)  Save  as  otherwise  provided,  the  offences  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be  tried  summarily  by  the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be.

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