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Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Act, 1988 (Act No. 71 of 1988)

19. Civil remedies not excluded

 

1) No provision of this Act shall be construed as depriving any person of any civil remedy.

 

2) If any person seeks to rely on an alleged unfair business practice in any civil proceedings, the court concerned may, on the application of any party to those proceedings, stay those proceedings in the interests of justice until such time as the Minister or the special court has made a decision in respect of the alleged unfair business practice in terms of this Act.