Trade Practices Amendment Act

This section amends section 9 to add a rule against false or misleading sponsored-event statements or ads that suggest a connection with the event or sponsor.

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 26 of 2001
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
Updated: 24 Oct 2001
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amendment compliance false or misleading advertising penalties sponsored events trade practices

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This section amends section 9 to add a rule against false or misleading sponsored-event statements or ads that suggest a connection with the event or sponsor. This section substitutes a new section 19, titled “Offences and penalties.” Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with this Act commits an offence and can be fined or imprisoned on conviction. This section gives the Act its title: Trade Practices Amendment Act, 2001.

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Section 9 of the Trade Practices Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends section 9 to add a rule against false or misleading sponsored-event statements or ads that suggest a connection with the event or sponsor.

1. Section 9 of the Trade Practices Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the addition of the word "or" at the end of paragraph (c) and the addition of the following paragraph: "(d) in connection with a sponsored event, make, publish or display any false or misleading statement, communication or advertisement which represents, implies or suggests a contractual or other connection or association between that person and the event, or the person sponsoring the event, or cause such statement, communication or advertisement to be made, published or displayed.". Substitution of section 19 of Act 76 of 1976
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The following section is hereby substituted for section 19 of
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AI-assisted research summary: This section substitutes a new section 19, titled “Offences and penalties.”

2. The following section is hereby substituted for section 19 of the principal Act: "Offences and penalties
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Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any
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AI-assisted research summary: Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with this Act commits an offence and can be fined or imprisoned on conviction.

19. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction- (a) in the case of a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand rend or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such a fine and such imprisonment; (b) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.". Short title
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This Act is called the Trade Practices Amendment Act, 2001.
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the Act its title: Trade Practices Amendment Act, 2001.

3. This Act is called the Trade Practices Amendment Act, 2001.

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