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Making demands and threats in relation to unenforceable agreements.
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49.—(1) A person shall not make a demand for payment or assert a present or prospective right to payment in respect of an agreement which is unenforceable under this Act.
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(2) A person shall not, with a view to obtaining payment in respect of an agreement which is unenforceable under this Act—
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(a) threaten to bring any legal proceedings,
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(b) place or cause to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threaten to do so, or
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(c) invoke or cause to be invoked any other collection procedure or threaten to do so.
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(3) In any proceedings for an offence under this section, it shall be a defence for the person to show that he had reasonable cause to believe that there was a right to payment.
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