Thursday, September 06, 2007

Too many laws? (a.k.a. Not enough enforcement, not enough knowledge)

Lets sit down and try to list down the laws that relate directly to consumer protection in one way or another
  1. Banking Act
  2. Business Registration Act
  3. Central Provident Fund Act
  4. Charities Act
  5. Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act
  6. Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act
  7. Companies Act
  8. Financial Advisers Act
  9. Employment Agencies Act
  10. Goods and Services Tax Act
  11. Health Products Act 2007
  12. Hire-Purchase Act
  13. House to House and Street Collections Act
  14. Insurance Act
  15. Medical Registration Act
  16. Minors’ Contracts Act
  17. Misrepresentation Act
  18. Money-changing and Remittance Businesses Act
  19. Moneylenders Act
  20. Multi-level Marketing and Pyramid Selling (Prohibition) Act
  21. Optometrists and Opticians Act 2007
  22. Pawnbrokers Act
  23. Poisons Act
  24. Price Control Act
  25. Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act
  26. Sale of Drugs Act
  27. Sale of Food Act
  28. Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007
  29. Small Claims Tribunals Act
  30. Spam Control Act 2007
  31. Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act
  32. Travel Agents Act
  33. Unfair Contract Terms Act
  34. Weights and Measures Act
To be continued

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