Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part XIII · Enforcement
126b. Access to recorded information, computerized data, etc.
Feedback & supportAny Assistant Controller exercising his powers under section 125 or 126 shall be given access to any recorded information, or computerized or digitalized data, whether stored in a computer or otherwise.
Assistant Controller
“Controller”, “Deputy Controller” and “Assistant Controller” mean persons appointed as such under section 7;
In exercising his powers, the Assistant Controller—
may inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material which the
Assistant Controller has reasonable cause to suspect are or have been used in connection with that information or data;
may require the person whom the Assistant Controller has reasonable cause to suspect is using or to have used the computer in connection with that information or data;
may require the person whom the Assistant Controller has reasonable cause to suspect that the computer is used or has been used, on behalf of the person, in connection with that information or data; or
may require the person having charge of, or is otherwise concerned with, the operation of the computer, apparatus or material, to provide him with such reasonable assistance as he may require for the purposes of this section.
The Assistant Controller may make copies of or take extracts from the recorded information, or computerized or digitalized data, if he deems it necessary.
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consumer
“consumer” means a person who— (a) acquires or uses goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household purpose, use or consumption; and (b) does not acquire or use the goods or services, or hold himself out as acquiring or using the goods or services, primarily for the purpose of— (i) resupplying them in trade; (ii) consuming them in the course of a manufacturing process; or (iii) in the case of goods, repairing or treating, in trade, other goods or fixtures on land;
For the purposes of this section, “access” includes being provided with the necessary password, encryption code, decryption code, software or hardware and any other means required to enable comprehension of recorded information, or computerized or digitalized data.