Control of Prices Act, 1932

Complaints of overcharging.

33.—(1) Any person may make in writing to the Controller a complaint (in this Part of this Act referred to as a complaint) alleging that a person who carries on a business by way of trade or for the purposes of gain has sold or offered for sale to him in the course or as part of such business at an unreasonably high price a scheduled commodity.

(2) Every complaint shall—

(a) state the name and address of the complainant;

(b) state the name and address of the person who is alleged to have sold or offered for sale the commodity to which the complaint relates;

(c) state the date of the alleged sale or offering for sale;

(d) state the nature of the alleged transaction (whether wholesale or retail);

(e) state the place where the transaction is alleged to have taken place;

(f) state the price alleged to have been charged or demanded for such commodity;

(g) contain a specification of such commodity.

(3) If any person makes in any complaint any statement which is false or misleading in any material respect, such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.