TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 5166. Failure to Comply; Action by Attorney General. (a) This article shall be part of and supplemental to the Consumer Protection Act (4 CMC § 5101 et seq.). (b) Any failure to comply with the provisions or requirements, or both, of this article is a deceptive act or practice with the meaning of PL 6-46 (4 CMC § 5101 et seq.) and amendments thereto. (c) The attorney general shall have jurisdiction to enforce this section in the event the consumer elects not to pursue violations of this article through private action. Source: PL 11-101, § 7, modified. Commission Comment: PL 11-101 took effect September 27, 1999. PL 11101 contained title, severability, and savings clause provisions as follows: Section 1. Title. This Act may be cited as the “Assistive Technology Warranty Act of 1998.” ... Section 8. Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Section 9. Savings Clause. This Act and any repealer contained herein shall not be construed as affecting any existing right acquired under contract or acquired under statutes repealed or under any rule, regulation or order adopted under the statutes. Repealers contained in this Act shall not affect any proceeding instituted under or pursuant to prior law. The enactment of this Act shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence on the date this Act becomes effective.