Consumer Information Act, 1978
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Termination of certain defences under Principal Act. |
3.—(1) In a prosecution of a person for an offence under section 2 (1) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act in relation to the application to goods of a false trade description or the causing of such an application to be made, it shall not be a defence for the person to prove that he acted without intent to defraud. | |
(2) In a prosecution of a person for an offence under section 2 (2) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act in relation to the sale, exposure for sale or having in possession for sale in the course of any trade, business or profession of goods or things to which a false trade description is applied, it shall not be a defence for the person to prove the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the said section 2 (2). | ||
(3) This section is without prejudice to section 22 of this Act. |