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Amendment of section 55 of Act of 2007
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157. Section 55(1) of the Act of 2007 is amended by—
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(a) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (q):
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“(qa) providing search results in response to a consumer’s online search query without clearly disclosing any paid advertisement or payment specifically for achieving higher ranking of products within the search results;”,
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and
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(b) the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (y):
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“(z) reselling event tickets to consumers if the trader acquired them by using automated means to circumvent any limit on the number of tickets that a person may buy or any other rules applicable to the purchase of tickets;
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(za) stating that reviews of a product are submitted by consumers who have actually used or purchased the product without taking reasonable and proportionate steps to check that the reviews originate from such consumers;
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(zb) submitting or commissioning a person to submit false reviews or endorsements by consumers, or misrepresenting reviews or social endorsements by consumers, in order to promote products.”.
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