Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Section - 9 - Establishment of Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies

CHAPTER III

CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL AGENCIES

Establishment of Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies

9 . There shall be established for the purposes of this Act, the following agencies, namely:-

(a)	-	a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to be known as the "District Forum" established by the State Government [***] in each district of the State by notification:
	-	[Provided that the State Government may, if it deems fit, establish more than one District Forum in a district;]
(b)	-	a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to be known as the "State Commission" established by the State Government [***] in the State by notification; and
(c)	-	a National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established by the Central Government by notification.