Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Amendment of section 12
Section 12 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “one year” in the 2nd line of subsection (1) and substituting the words “2 years”; and
(b)
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) No action under section 9 shall be commenced later than 2 years —
(a)
from the date of the occurrence of the last material event on which the action is based; or
(b)
where the specified body alleges in the action that the supplier has engaged in an unfair practice in respect of any consumer, from the earliest date on which that consumer had knowledge that the supplier had engaged in the alleged unfair practice, as provided in subsection (1)(b),whichever occurs later.”.