The Consumer Right Protection Act was passed by the parliament and obtained assent of the president on April 05, 2009 and its demand is the Consumers of Bangladesh. So it is essential to understand what consumer is. A Consumer is a person who consumes or uses any commodity or service available to him either from natural resources through a market for final consumption. It gives Protection to the Consumers against the violation of their right and being injured by the unfair trade practices of the seller or service provider. It does not mean that consumer right has not protected before Act was passed. People of Bangladesh had been protected try various Acts such as - Constitution of Bangladesh, Sale of Goods Act, Specific Relief Act, Dung Control Ordinance, Pure Food Ordinance, Penal Code etc. But rights of the Consumers were not well protected by those Acts. After the enactment, people got a written or existing Act and protected under this Act.
