Section 8: Objects of the State Council

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was repealed and replaced by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 from 20 July 2020. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.

The objects of every State Council shall be to promote and protect within the State the rights of the consumers laid down in clauses (a) to (f) of section 6.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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