The Competition Act, 2002 (Act No. 12 of 2003)
Complete section-by-section text of the Competition Act, 2002, as amended up to the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023.
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Prohibition of Certain Agreements, Abuse of Dominant Position and Regulation of Combinations
- Section 3: Anti-competitive agreements
- Section 4: Abuse of dominant position
- Section 5: Combination
- Section 6: Regulation of combinations
- Section 6A: Open offers, etc.
Chapter III — Competition Commission of India
- Section 7: Establishment of Commission
- Section 8: Composition of Commission
- Section 9: Selection Committee for Chairperson and Members of Commission
- Section 10: Term of office of Chairperson and other Members
- Section 11: Resignation, removal and suspension of Chairperson and other Members
- Section 12: Restriction on employment of Chairperson and other Members
- Section 13: Administrative powers of Chairperson
- Section 14: Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members
- Section 15: Vacancy, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Commission
- Section 16: Appointment of Director General, etc.
- Section 17: Appointment of Secretary, experts, professionals and officers and other employees of Commission
Chapter IV — Duties, Powers and Functions of Commission
- Section 18: Duties and functions of Commission
- Section 19: Inquiry into certain agreements and dominant position of enterprise
- Section 20: Inquiry into combination by Commission
- Section 21: Reference by statutory authority
- Section 21A: Reference by Commission
- Section 22: Meetings of Commission
- Section 23: [Omitted]
- Section 24: [Omitted]
- Section 25: [Omitted]
- Section 26: Procedure for inquiry under section 19
- Section 27: Orders by Commission after inquiry into agreements or abuse of dominant position
- Section 28: Division of enterprise enjoying dominant position
- Section 29: Procedure for investigation of combinations
- Section 29A: Issue of statement of objections by Commission and proposal of modifications
- Section 30: Procedure in case of notice under sub-section (2) of section 6
- Section 31: Orders of Commission on combinations
- Section 32: Acts taking place outside India but having an effect on competition in India
- Section 33: Power to issue interim orders
- Section 34: [Omitted]
- Section 35: Appearance before Commission
- Section 36: Power of Commission to regulate its own procedure
- Section 37: [Omitted]
- Section 38: Rectification of orders
- Section 39: Execution of orders of Commission imposing monetary penalty
- Section 40: [Omitted]
Chapter V — Duties of Director General
Chapter VI — Penalties
- Section 42: Contravention of orders of Commission
- Section 42A: Compensation in case of contravention of orders of Commission
- Section 43: Penalty for failure to comply with directions of Commission and Director General
- Section 43A: Power to impose penalty for non-furnishing of information on combinations
- Section 44: Penalty for making false statement or omission to furnish material information
- Section 45: Penalty for contraventions in relation to furnishing of information
- Section 46: Power to impose lesser penalty
- Section 47: Crediting sums realised by way of penalties to Consolidated Fund of India
- Section 48: Contravention by companies
- Section 48A: Settlement
- Section 48B: Commitment
- Section 48C: Revocation of the Settlement or Commitment order and penalty
Chapter VII — Competition Advocacy
Chapter VIII — Finance, Accounts and Audit
- Section 50: Grants by Central Government
- Section 51: Constitution of Fund
- Section 52: Accounts and audit
- Section 53: Furnishing of returns, etc., to Central Government
Chapter VIIIA — Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53A: Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53B: Appeal to Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53C: [Omitted]
- Section 53D: [Omitted]
- Section 53E: [Omitted]
- Section 53F: [Omitted]
- Section 53G: [Omitted]
- Section 53H: [Omitted]
- Section 53-I: [Omitted]
- Section 53J: [Omitted]
- Section 53K: [Omitted]
- Section 53L: [Omitted]
- Section 53M: [Omitted]
- Section 53N: Awarding compensation
- Section 53-O: Procedure and powers of Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53P: Execution of orders of Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53Q: Contravention of orders of Appellate Tribunal
- Section 53R: [Omitted]
- Section 53-S: Right to legal representation
- Section 53T: Appeal to Supreme Court
- Section 53U: Power to Punish for contempt
Chapter IX — Miscellaneous
- Section 54: Power to exempt
- Section 55: Power of Central Government to issue directions
- Section 56: Power of Central Government to supersede Commission
- Section 57: Restriction on disclosure of information
- Section 58: Chairperson, Members, Director General, Secretary, officers and other employees, etc., to be public servants
- Section 59: Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 59A: Compounding of certain offences
- Section 60: Act to have overriding effect
- Section 61: Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts
- Section 62: Application of other laws not barred
- Section 63: Power to make rules
- Section 64: Power to make regulations
- Section 64A: Process of issuing regulations
- Section 64B: Commission to issue guidelines
- Section 65: Power to remove difficulties
- Section 66: Repeal and saving
