Georgia § 10-1-793 - Violations constitute unfair and deceptive act or practice; cumulative effect.
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§ 10-1-793. Violations constitute unfair and deceptive act or practice; cumulative effect.
A violation of this article shall constitute an unfair and deceptive act or practice in the conduct of consumer transactions under Part 2 of Article 15 of this chapter, the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; provided, however, that enforcement against such violations shall be by public enforcement by the Attorney General and, except as provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 10-1-790, shall not be enforceable through private action under Code Section 10-1-399. Except as otherwise provided, this article is cumulative with other laws and is not exclusive. The rights and remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other rights and remedies that are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law. (Code 1981, § 10-1-793 , enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 746, § 1/HB 470; Ga. L. 2009, p. 8, § 10/SB 46; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 8/SB 148; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 10/HB 323.) The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Attorney General" for "administrator" near the middle of subsection (a). The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted "the 'Fair Business Practices Act of 1975';" for "the 'Fair Business Practices Act';" near the middle of subsection (a).
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