Prices (Amendment) Act, 1972

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Miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act.

5.—(1) Section 18 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (c) after “the State” of “or to a particular class of person”.

(2) Section 19 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of “or rendering any service” for “specified in the Third Schedule to this Act”,

(b) the substitution for “in a specified manner the retail price charged by him for that commodity” of the following:

“in a specified manner—

(a) the retail price (stated as a single amount and inclusive of any charge made by the person for any tax payable in respect of the commodity) charged by him for that commodity, or

(b) the charge (stated as a single amount and inclusive of any charge made by the person for any tax payable in respect of the service) charged by him for that service,

as the case may be”, and

(c) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(2) (a) The Minister may from time to time by order—

(i) require that where, for the purposes of or in connection with the sale by retail by a person of a commodity, the retail price of the commodity is stated orally by the person or by a servant or agent of the person or is stated on the commodity or on any container or wrapper in which the commodity is packed or on a ticket or label attached to the commodity or to such container or wrapper or in a catalogue or advertisement or in a notice or other document (other than an invoice), the price so stated shall be stated as a single amount inclusive of any charge made by the person for any tax payable in respect of the commodity, and

(ii) require that where, for the purposes of or in connection with the rendering of a service by a person, the charge for the service is stated orally by the person or by a servant or agent of the person or is stated in any catalogue or advertisement or in a notice or other document (other than an invoice) the charge so stated shall be stated as a single amount inclusive of any charge made by the person for any tax payable in respect of the service.

(b) (i) Where a statement (other than an oral statement) to which an order under paragraph (a) of this subsection applies is not in conformity with the provisions of the order, the person selling by retail the commodity to which the statement relates or, as the case may be, rendering the service to which the statement relates shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 22 of this Act, to have contravened the provisions of the order.

(ii) Where an oral statement to which an order under the said paragraph (a) applies is not in conformity with the provisions of the order, the person who made the statement shall be deemed for the purposes of the said section 22, to have contravened the provisions of the order.”.

(3) Section 22 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (b) after “display” of “or renders a service for a greater charge than that shown in any such list,”.

(4) Section 22A (1) (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) by order require persons engaged in selling commodities, rendering services or carrying out (other than under a contract of service) work or a process to notify the Minister of any increase they propose to make in the prices at which they sell the commodities or the charges which they make for rendering the services or carrying out the work or process, as the case may be, and require the notification to be given to the Minister not later than such time before the increase takes effect as may be specified in the order,”.

(5) Section 22C (2) (inserted by the Prices (Amendment) Act, 1965 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (c) after “the State” of “or to a particular class of person,”.

(6) Section 23 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after “thinks fit” of “and such and so many other persons as he thinks fit”.