MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE
TRADE PRACTICES ACT, 1969
SECTION
1. Short
title, extent and commencement
2A. Power
of Central Government to decide certain matters
3. Act
not to apply in certain cases
4. Application
of other laws not barred
MONOPOLIES
AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
COMMISSION
5. Establishment
and constitution of the Commission
6. Terms
of office, conditions of service, etc., of members
7. Removal
of members from office in certain circumstances
8. Appointment
of Director General, etc., and staff of the Commission
9. Salaries,
etc., to be defrayed out of the consolidated fund of India
10. Inquiry
into monopolistic or restrictive trade practices by Commission
11. Investigation by Director
General before issue of process in certain cases
12A. Power of the Commission to
grant temporary injunctions
12B. Power of the Commission to
award compensation
12C. Enforcement of the order made
by the Commission under section 12A or 12B
13. Orders
of Commission may be subject to conditions, etc.
13B. Power to punish for contempt
14. Orders where party concerned
does not carry on business in India
15. Restriction of application of
orders in certain cases
16. Sittings of the Commission
17. Hearing to be in public except
in special circumstances
18. Procedure of the Commission
19. Orders of the Commission to
noted in the register
20.-26. [Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.) Act, 1991, w.e.f.
27-9-1991]
27A. Power of the Central
Government to direct severance of interconnection between undertakings
27B. Manner in which order made
under section 27 or section 27A shall be carried out
28.to [Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.) Act, 1991,
w.e.f. 27-9-1991]
30G.
31. Investigation by Commission of
monopolistic trade practices
RESTRICTIVE
TRADE PRACTICES AND UNFAIR
TRADE PRACTICES
Registration of agreements relating to restrictive
trade practices
33. Registrable agreements
relating to restrictive trade practices
34. [Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.)
Act, 1984, w.e.f. 1-8-1984]
35. Registration of agreements
36A. Definition of unfair trade
practice
36B. Inquiry into unfair trade
practices by Commission
36C. Investigation by Director General
before an issue of process in certain cases
36D. Powers which may be exercised
by the Commission inquiring into an unfair trade practice
37. Investigation into restrictive
trade practices by Commission
38. Presumption as to the public
interest
39. Special conditions for
avoidance of conditions for maintaining resale prices
40. Prohibition of other measures
for maintaining resale prices
41. Power to Commission to exempt
particular classes of goods from section 39 and 40
POWER
TO OBTAIN INFORMATION AND APPOINT
INSPECTORS
42. Power of Director General to
obtain information
43. Power to call for information
44. Power to appoint Inspectors
45. [Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.)
Act, 1991, w.e.f. 27-9-1991]
46. Penalty for contravention of
section 27
47. [Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.)
Act, 1991, w.e.f. 27-9-1991]
48. Penalty for failure to
register agreements
48B. Penalty for contravention of
section 27B
48C. Penalty for contravention of
order made by Commission relating to unfair trade practices
49. Penalty for offences in relation
to furnishing of information
50. Penalty for offences in
relation to orders under the Act
51. Penalty for offences in
relation to resale price maintenance
52. Penalty for wrongful
disclosure of information
52A. Penalty for contravention of
any condition or restriction, etc.
52B. Penalty for making false
statement in application, returns, etc.
55. Appeals
56. Jurisdiction of courts to try
offences
58. Omitted by the MRTP (Amdt.)
Act, 1984, w.e.f. 1-8-1984]
59. Protection regarding
statements made to the Commission
60. Restriction on disclosure of
information
61. Power of the Central
Government to require the Commission to submit a report
62. Reports of the Commission to
be placed before Parliament
63. Members, etc., to be public
servants
64. Protection of action taken in
good faith
65. Inspection of, and extracts
from, the register