Consumer Protection Act Section 42 — Establishment of State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

CHAPTER IV CONSUMER DISPUTER REDRESSAL COMMISSION

Civil

Summary

Sub-section (1) requires the State Government to set up a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, called the State Commission, in the state through an official notification.

Sub-section (2) states that the State Commission will normally operate from the state capital, and can also work at other locations that the State Government announces in the Official Gazette after consulting the State Commission. Additionally, the State Government may, through notification, create regional benches of the State Commission at any places it considers appropriate.

Under sub-section (3), each State Commission must have a President and a number of members that is not less than four and not more than the number prescribed in consultation with the Central Government.

Official Text

(1) The State Government shall, by notification, establish a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, to be known as the State Commission, in the State.

(2) The State Commission shall ordinarily function at the State capital and perform its functions at such other places as the State Government may in consultation with the State Commission notify in the Official Gazette:

Provided that the State Government may, by notification, establish regional benches of the State Commission, at such places, as it deems fit.

(3) Each State Commission shall consist of—

(a) a President; and

(b) not less than four or not more than such number of members as may be prescribed in consultation with the Central Government.