TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION (i) — The CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION (i) Government of India National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission New Delhi , the 31 st May, 2005 . NOTIFICATION G.S.R. 342(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30A of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission with the previous approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.-(1 ) These regulations may be called the Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions . -In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986); (b) "Consumer Forum" means a District Forum. a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established in a State under clause (b) of section 9 (hereafter called the State Commission) or the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission; (c) "Registrar" means the head of the ministerial establishment of the Consumer Forum and exercising such powers and functions as are conferred upon him by the President of the Consumer Forum: (d) "rules" means the rules made under the Act; (e) "section" means a section of the Act: (f) words and expressions used in these regulations and not defined herein but defined either in the Act or in the rules shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them either in the Act or in the rules, as the case may be. 3. Arrangements in Consumer Forum,--(1 ) A Consumer Forum , being not a regular court, shall have the arrangements as to depict it distinct from a court. (2) In the hall in which the Consumer Forum shall hear the parties, t