COMPETITION ACT, 2002

 

PRELIMINARY

 

1.         Short title, extent and commencement    

2.         Definitions                                           

 

PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION AND REGULATION OF COMBINATIONS

                                                                       

Prohibition of agreements

 

3.         Anti‑competitive agreements     

                                   

Prohibition of abuse of dominant position

4.         Abuse of dominant position       

                                                                       

Regulation of combinations

 

5.         Combination                             

6.         Regulation of combinations        

 

COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA

 

7.         Establishment of Commission    

8.         Composition of Commission      

9.         Selection of Chairperson and other Members     

10.        Term of office of Chairperson and other Members         

11.        Resignation, removal and suspension of Chairperson and other Members             

12.        Restriction on employment of Chairperson and other Members in certain cases

13.        Financial and administrative powers of Member Administration

14.        Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of services of Chairperson and other Members

15.        Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Commission

16.        Appointment of Director General, etc.

17.        Registrar and officers and other employees of Commission

 

DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION

 

18.        Duties of Commission

19.        Inquiry into certain agreements and dominant position of enterprise

20.        Inquiry into combination by Commission

21.        Reference by statutory authority

22.        Benches of Commission

23.        Distribution of business amongst Commission and Benches

24.        Procedure for deciding a case where Members of a Bench differ in opinion

25.        Jurisdiction of Bench

26.        Procedure for inquiry on complaints under section 19

27.        Orders by Commission after inquiry into agreements or abuse of dominant position

28.        Division of enterprise enjoying dominant position

29.        Procedure for investigation of combinations

30.        Inquiry into disclosures under sub‑section (2) of section 6

31.        Orders of Commission on certain combinations

32.        Acts taking place outside India but having an effect on com­petition in India

33.        Power to grant interim relief

34.        Power to award compensation

35.        Appearance before Commission

36.        Power of Commission to regulate its own procedure

37.        Review of orders of Commission

38.        Rectification of orders

39.        Execution of orders of Commission

40.        Appeal

 

DUTIES OF DIRECTOR GENERAL

 

41.        Director General to investigate contraventions

 

PENALTIES

 

42.        Contravention of orders of Commission

43.        Penalty for failure to comply with directions of Commission and Director General

44.        Penalty for making false statement or omission to furnish material information

45.        Penalty for offences in relation to furnishing of information

46.        Power to impose lesser penalty

47.        Crediting sums realised by way of penalties to Consolidated Fund of India

48.        Contravention by companies

 

COMPETITION ADVOCACY

 

49.        Competition advocacy

 

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

 

50.        Grants by Central Government

51.        Constitution of Fund

52.        Accounts and audit

53.        Furnishing of returns, etc., to Central Government

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

54.        Power to exempt

55.        Power of Central Government to issue directions

56.        Power of Central Government to supersede Commission

57.        Restriction on disclosure of information

58.        Members, Director‑General, Registrar, officers and employees, etc., of Commission to be public servants

59.        Protection of action taken in good faith

60.        Act to have overriding effect

61.        Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts

62.        Application of other laws not barred

63.        Power to make rules

64.        Power to make regulations

65.        Power to remove difficulties

66.        Repeal and saving