Price Control Act · 2023 Revised Edition
Section 10BA
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who —
person
“person” includes any trader, manufacturer, producer, commission agent, clearing and forwarding agent and auctioneer;
obstructs the Controller or any person authorised under section 9A to enter and inspect any premises or to examine any book, account or other document;
Controller
“Controller” means the person appointed as Price Controller under the provision of section 3(1);
refuses, delays or fails to produce any book, account or other document or certified copies or translations thereof relating to his trade or business;
refuses, delays or fails to submit samples of any price-controlled goods or any controlled article as required; or
price-controlled goods
“price-controlled goods” means goods in respect of which — (a) maximum prices have been fixed under section 3B; (b) minimum prices have been fixed under section 3C, and includes services for which a maximum price or a minimum price has been fixed;
fails to comply with any order or direction given under this Act.
is guilty of an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
controlled article
Defined · s 2“controlled article” means any goods or classes of goods declared to be controlled articles under section 4(1)(a);
Controller
Defined · s 2“Controller” means the person appointed as Price Controller under the provision of section 3(1);
person
Defined · s 2“person” includes any trader, manufacturer, producer, commission agent, clearing and forwarding agent and auctioneer;
price-controlled goods
Defined · s 2“price-controlled goods” means goods in respect of which — (a) maximum prices have been fixed under section 3B; (b) minimum prices have been fixed under section 3C, and includes services for which a maximum price or a minimum price has been fixed;