R.N.I. No. TELMUL/ 2016 / 73158.
HSE No. 1051/2020-2022.
THE TELANGANA GAZETTE
PART - I EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 174-A ] HYDERABAD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2022.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
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CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & CIVIL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
(CS.I.RC)
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019 (CENTRAL ACT No.35 OF 2019) - CONFERMENT OF POWERS OF A JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS ON THE STATE COMMISSION AND DISTRICT COMMISSIONS IN THE STATE OF TELANGANA AS PER PROVISION UNDER SECTION 72 (2) OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019.
[G.O.Ms.No. 15, Consumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies (CS.I.RC), 6th August, 2022.]
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 72 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (Central Act No. 35 of 2019), the Governor of Telangana hereby confer the powers of a Judicial Magistrate of First Class on the District Commissions and the State Commission, as the case may be, shall have the power of a Judicial Magistrate of first class for the trial of offences under sub- section (1) of Section 72 of the aforesaid act, and on conferment of such powers, the District Commission or the State Commission, as the case may be, shall act as a Judicial Magistrate of first class for purposes of the code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974).
V. ANIL KUMAR,
Ex-Officio Secretary to Government.
Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Government of Telangana at Government Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.
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