CPA 2019 Section 93: Vexatious search
Consumer Protection Act, 2019 · Chapter 7: OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
¶93. Vexatious search.—The Director General or any other officer, exercising powers under section 22, who knows that there are no reasonable grounds for so doing, and yet—
(a) searches, or causes to be searched any premises; or
(b) seizes any record, register or other document or article, shall, for every such offence, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.
Study: explanations and related material
Official reference: India Code, Government of India — edition as on 1 September 2026 — source review: 2 October 2026.Recorded edition / snapshot date: 2026-09-01.Banaka reference transcription, not an official or certified edition. Amendment brackets are retained; footnotes and superscript references are excluded. Consult the government PDF for authoritative wording and amendment notes. This Act is not a consolidation of subordinate rules: the 2021 jurisdiction rules prescribe different ordinary complaint thresholds from the printed Act figures in sections 34, 47 and 58. Hindi guides are original explanations, not statutory translations. The notified 2026 e-commerce amendments commence on 1 January 2027, not on notification.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 88. Penalty for non-compliance of direction of Central Authority
- 89. Punishment for false or misleading advertisement
- 90. Punishment for manufacturing for sale or storing, selling or distributing or importing products containing adulterant
- 91. Punishment for manufacturing for sale or for storing or selling or distributing or importing spurious goods
- 92. Cognizance of offence by court