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Section 2 - Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance-
"business" () includes-
(a) a profession;
(b) the activities of a public body or public authority; and
(c) the activities of a board, commission or committee or other body appointed
by the Chief Executive or Government; (Amended 65 of 2000 s. 3)
"contract for the supply of services" () means, subject to
subsection (2), a contract under which a person agrees to carry out a service.
"goods" () has the same meaning as in the Sale of Goods Ordinance (Cap
26).
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Section 5 Relief where contract unconscionable
(1) If, with respect to a contract for the sale of goods or supply of services in which
one of the parties deals as consumer, the court finds the contract or any part of
the contract to have been unconscionable in the circumstances relating to the
contract at the time it was made, the court may-
(a) refuse to enforce the contract;
(b) enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable part;
(c) limit the application of, or revise or alter, any unconscionable part so as to
avoid any unconscionable result.
(2) It is for the person claiming that a contract or part of a contract is unconscionable
to prove that it is [unconscionable].
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