Consumer Protection Act｜第 2 條｜消費者保護｜Act｜In Force
第 一 章｜院本部｜v1.0
Last Amended: 2015-06-17
For the purpose of this act, the following definitions shall apply: 1. "Consumer" means any person who in relation to a commercial practice, is acting for purposes of consumption to make transactions in exchange for goods or services. 2. “Trader" means any person who in relation to a commercial practice, is acting for purposes relating to his business in designing, producing, manufacturing, importing or distributing goods, or providing services. 3. "Consumer relationship" means the legal relationship arising between consumers and traders for the sale of goods or provision of services. 4. “Consumer dispute" means any dispute arising from the sale of goods or provision of services between consumers and traders. 5. "Consumer litigation" means any legal action pursued to the court arose from consumer relationship. 6. "Consumer advocacy group" means any legal person established in accordance with laws and regulations for the purpose of defending consumer rights. 7. “Standard terms and conditions” means standard contract clauses unilaterally prepared by traders for entering into contracts with consumers not limited in writing, in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, via showing captions on the screens, flyers, public postings, and the Internet. 8. “Individually negotiated terms” means contract terms and conditions made individually negotiated with meeting of the minds between the parties. 9. “Standard contracts” means the standard terms and conditions prepared by traders which are fully or partially adopted in the contract between the parties. 10. “Distance sales” means the transaction is made via radios, television broadcasts, telephones, facsimiles, catalogs, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, flyers, or any other similar channels, which consumer does not have opportunity to review the goods or services. 11. “Door-to-door sales” means a sale of goods or services which the traders or his representatives solicit the sale, and the consumer’s agreement or offer to purchase is made at consumer’s residence, workplace, public places or any other places. 12. “Installment sales” means the type of transaction under a sales contract in which the consumer is required to pay a down payment, with the balance to be paid in installments, and the trader shall deliver the subject matter to the consumers upon receipt of the down payment.