2 Demands and threats regarding payment.

1

A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment, in the course of any trade or business makes a demand for payment, or asserts a present or prospective right to payment, for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent (after the commencement of this Act) to another person with a view to his acquiring them F1for the purposes of his trade or business, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding F2level 4 on the standard scale.

2

A person who, not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment, in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid—

a

threatens to bring any legal proceedings; or

b

places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so; or

c

invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F2level 5 on the standard scale.