P-40 - Consumer Protection Act

Section 102 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

102. The Gouvernement may make regulations:

(a)  to determine the form and tenor of permits and of applications for permits;

(b)  to determine the qualifications required of any person applying for a permit or a renewal of a permit, the conditions which he must fulfil, the information which he must give and the duties which he must pay;

(c)  to prescribe the form of writings and type in contracts and in every other writing contemplated in this act or the regulations;

(d)  to require certain particulars to be included in contracts and in every other writing contemplated in this act or the regulations;

(e)  to establish standards for the keeping of merchants’ registers, accounts and records;

(f)  to make rules for the terms and conditions of payment and the manner of calculating and stating the credit rate and credit charges in contracts involving credit;

(g)  to determine the manner of calculating and stating the reduction in the credit charges which a consumer who pays before maturity must enjoy;

(h)  to prescribe the information which a used automobile vendor must disclose respecting a used automobile which he offers for sale;

(i)  to prohibit the making of such changes as it indicates to used automobiles or parts thereof, and to compel the disclosure of the permissible changes which it indicates;

(j)  to determine standards for packing, labelling or presenting any goods;

(k)  to make rules for the disclosure of the price of goods;

(l)  to determine standards of quality and safety for goods;

(m)  to determine standards for written instructions and manuals respecting use and maintenance of goods, and the language in which they must be drafted;

(n)  to regulate or prohibit the granting of premiums for any contract subject to this act;

(o)  to determine standards for advertising goods, whether or not they are the object of a contract, or credit, especially all advertising intended for children;

(p)  to exempt from the application of this act all or part of such class of persons, goods, or contracts as it indicates;

(q)  to determine the conditions for the renewal or extension of credit or for credit resulting from a consolidation of debts;

(r)  to determine cases in which security is required from a person applying for a permit, fix its amount and determine the form of security and the manner in which cases of cancellation or confiscation are disposed of;

(s)  to determine the amount payable by any person wishing a copy of his credit record from an information agent;

(t)  to determine what costs other than law costs may be imposed upon a consumer in the case of inexecution of his obligation.

Before the regulations contemplated in sub-paragraphs j, l and p are made, they must be submitted to the Conseil de la protection du consommateur.

The regulations made under this act shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on such later date as may be fixed therein.

1971, c. 74, s. 102; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.