Title 27 — Commerce and Trade

There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs, a Bureau of Consumer Protection. The head of this Bureau is the Director, who has been admitted to practice law before the High Court. The Director is responsible to the Attorney General and shall devote his efforts to en-f…

(a) The Director shall: (1) coordinate the Consumer Protection activities of the Territory; (2) provide public education and awareness programs on consumer rights and remedies; (3) investigate consumer complaints filed with the Department of Legal Affairs; (4) prosecute criminal …

In lieu of instituting or continuing an investigation or civil action, the Director may accept written assurance of voluntary compliance from the persons suspected of violation. The Director may obtain the agreement of the affected consumers where possible. The fact that a person…

(a) A person who furnishes commodities or services to consumers for which a license is required from a department or a regulatory agency or a Board or Commission, without a license, commits a civil infraction and is subject to the penalty provided in subsection (b) of this sectio…

In a civil action initiated by the Director to collect civil penalties or to enjoin an unlawful act or practice, the court may grant restitution to a person who sustained damages as a result of the unlawful act and practice if the aggrieved consumer has filed a complaint with the…

Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of the Territory. History: 1984, PL 18-31 § 1.