AN EXAMINATION ON THE ROLE OF FAIR COMPETITION COMMISSION (FCC) IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS IN TANZANIA
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This study is centered on examining the role of the Fair Competition Commission (FCC) in the implementation and enforcement of Tanzania consumer protection laws and the main focus is on the role of Fair Competition Commission. Thus the aim of this study is to examine and make analysis on the role of consumer protection laws in protecting consumers against counterfeit products. The study aimed examines the laws which are responsible on consumer protection in Tanzania and provides for the tests on whether the laws which govern consumer protection are ineffective or effective and them provides for the way forward. The study provides for the introduction on the consumer protection and genesis from the international law. The role of international law in protecting the rights of consumer in the world and how it affect the implementation and enactment of the domestic law with regards to consumer protection. The examination also based on the jurisprudence behind the enactment of the consumer protection laws and how it is measured and regarded as one the rights of the person with regards to the protection of the right to life of an individual. Then this research examines the need to have consumer protection and provide for the way forward.
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