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11 1972

RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES ACT, 1972

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Unfair Practices

Section 3 .

Any measures, rules, agreements or acts, whether put into effect (or intended to be put into effect) by a person alone, in combination or agreement (express or implied) with others or through a merger, trust, cartel, monopoly or other means or device whatsoever, which—

(a) have or are likely to have the effect of unreasonably limiting or restraining free and fair competition,

(b) are in unreasonable restraint of trade,

(c) have or are likely to have the effect of unjustly eliminating a competitor,

(d) unjustly enhance prices of goods or charges for services or promote unfairly at the expense of the public the advantage of suppliers or distributors of goods or of persons providing services,

(e) secure or are likely to secure, unfairly or contrary to the common good, a substantial or complete control of the supply or distribution of goods or any class of goods or the provision of services or any class of services,

(f) without just cause prohibit or restrict the supply of goods or the provision of services to any person or class of persons or give preference in regard to the supply of goods or the provision of services,

(g) restrict or are likely to restrict unjustly the exercise by any person of his freedom of choice as to what goods or services he will supply or provide or as to the area in which he will supply or provide goods or services,

(h) impose unjust or unreasonable conditions in regard to the supply or distribution of goods or the provision of services,

(i) without good reason exclude or are likely to exclude new entrants to any trade, industry or business,

(j) secure or are likely to secure unjustly the territorial division of markets between particular persons or classes of persons to the exclusion of others, or

(k) in any other respect operate against the common good or are not in accordance with the principles of social justice.