Statutory Act Nº 19.496 on the protection of the rights of consumers

Abstract

This paper presents the general rules establishing the prescriptive jurisdiction of Statutory Act Nº 19.496, recently amended by law nº19.955. Concepts of consumer and supplier are thoroughly examined. The author asserts that the standard conditions demanded to make this Act applicable to a contract, namely, the particular nature of the transaction and the lack of specific statutory regulation, have lost most of their force.