Control of Prices Act, 1937

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Number 26 of 1937.


CONTROL OF PRICES ACT, 1937.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title and commencement.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Articles acquired on hire-purchase system.

4.

Offences.

5.

General regulations.

6.

Laying of orders and regulations before Dáil Eireann.

7.

Repeal of the Control of Prices Act, 1932.

8.

Expenses.

PART II

Prices Commission and Controller of Prices

9.

Establishment of Prices Commission.

10.

Additional members of the Commission.

11.

Chairman of the Commission.

12.

Remuneration of members of the Commission.

13.

Restriction on interested person acting as member.

14.

Validity of proceedings of the Commission.

15.

Controller of Prices.

16.

Regulations for proceedings of the Commission.

17.

Powers of Commission.

18.

Notice of investigations by the Commission and submissions by interested persons.

19.

Private sittings of the Commission.

20.

Prohibition on disclosure of information.

21.

Annual Reports by the Commission.

22.

Continuance of certain existing inquiries.

PART III

Price Investigations and Orders

23.

Investigations into prices of commodities.

24.

Reports by the Commission where prices not unreasonably high.

25.

Reports by the Commission where prices unreasonably high.

26.

Publication of reports of Commission.

27.

Price orders.

28.

Orders ancillary to price orders.

29.

Applications for amendment of price orders by retailers.

30.

Price (restriction on profits) orders.

31.

Sale by weight or measure of articles the subject of price orders and price (restriction on profits) orders.

32.

Restrictions on making orders.

33.

Powers of inspectors.

PART IV

Overcharging for Commodities not the Subject of Price Orders

34.

Restriction on proceedings under Part IV.

35.

Statement of particulars of purchases.

36.

Complaints of overcharging.

37.

Reference of complaints to inspectors for investigation.

38.

Investigation of complaints by inspectors.

39.

Price certificates.

40.

Offences in relation to prices certificates.

PART V

Display of Retail Price Lists in Retail Shops

41.

Recommendations as to the display of price lists in retail shops.

42.

Retail prices (display) orders.

43.

Offences in relation to retail prices (display) orders.

PART VI

Miscellaneous Provisions

44.

Returns by persons selling commodities.

45.

Publication by Commission of information in relation to prices.

46.

Statutory defences.

47.

Effect of orders under Part III and certificates under Part IV on existing contracts.


Acts Referred to

Control of Prices Act, 1932

No. 33 of 1932

Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1932

No. 19 of 1932

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Number 26 of 1937.


CONTROL OF PRICES ACT, 1937.


AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR CONTROLLING THE PRICES OF COMMODITIES. [12th November, 1937.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—