 bill no  70 of 2010 the consumer protection (amendment) bill,  2010 byshri anandrao vithoba adsul, mp a billfurther to amend the consumer protection act, 1986be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first  year of the republic of  india  as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the consumer protection (amendment) act, 2010short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force at oncesection 2(a) in sub-clause (ii), the words "including delay in delivery of goods either in full or partly even after lapse of reasonable period" shall be added at the end; and(b) in sub-clause (iii), the words "including delay in rendering services either in full or partly even after lapse of reasonable period" shall be added at the enda m e n d m e n t of section 53 in section 5 of the principal act, in sub-section (1), for the words "at least one meeting", the words "at least four meetings" shall be substituteda m e n d m e n t of section 94 in section 9 of the principal act, in clause (a), after the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:—5"provided further that in a city having population of more than one lakh according to the latest census, a separate district forum shall be established" statement of objects and reasonsthe consumer protection act enacted in 1986 suffers from certain loopholes the bill, therefore, seeks to amend the consumer protection act, 1986 with a view to cover those loopholes by providing that—(i) the consumers can make complaints in case of delay in delivery of goods or delay in rendering services within a reasonable period;(ii) the meeting of the central council established under section 5 of the act shall be held at least four times in a year; and(iii) a separate district forum shall be set up for every city having population of more than one lakhhence this billnew delhi;anandrao vithoba  adsulmay 7, 2010 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides that the central council shall meet at least four times in a year clause 4 provides for establishment of a separate district forum in every city having a population of more than one lakh the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty croresa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crores is also likely to be involved annexure extract from the consumer protection act, 1986 (act no 68 of 1986)    definitions2     (c)    (ii) the goods bought by him or agreed to be bought by him suffer from one or more defects;(iii) the services hired or availed of or agreed to be hired or availed of by him suffer from deficiency in any respect    5 (1) the central council shall meet as and when necessary, but at least one meeting of the council shall be held every yearprocedure for meetings of the central council    9     (a) a consumer disputes redressal forum to be known as the "district forum"established by the state government in each district of the state by notification:establishment of consumer disputes redressal agenciesprovided that the state government may, if it deems fit establish more than one district forum in a district    ———————— a billfurther to amend the consumer protection act, 1986————(shri anandrao vithoba adsul, mp)gmgipmrnd—2751ls(s-4)—15-07-2010