Singapore legislation
Section 5
of Consumer Protection(Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act 1975
Section 5
False trade descriptions
For the purposes of this Part —
a false trade description —
means a trade description which by reason of anything contained in or omitted from the trade description is false or likely to mislead in a material respect as regards the goods to which it is applied or in connection with which it is used; and
includes every alteration of a trade description whether by way of addition, effacement or otherwise which makes the description false or likely to mislead in a material respect; and
a false indication, or anything likely to be taken as an indication which would be false, that any goods comply with a standard specified or recognised by any person or implied by the approval of any person is deemed to be a false trade description, if there is no such person or no standard as specified, recognised or implied.