Legal Protection of Fake Drinking Water Consumers Reviewed by Law No. 8 Of 1999 Concerning Consumer Protection (Case Study: The Forging of 2tang Gallon Drinking Water in Periuk, Tangerang, Banten 2018)
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.126How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- the responsibility of the business actor, legal protection, consumer protection, bottled water
- Abstract
In selling counterfeit bottled water (AMDK), the business actor / distributor must carry out his obligations as a business actor as regulated in Article 7 paragraph (2) and (4) of Consumer Protection Law No. 8 of 1999. However, it is known that the sale of 2Tang brand gallon drinking water is located in Periuk, Tangerang, Banten, in 2018, where unscrupulous business actors have falsified 2Tang Gallon Bottled Drinking Water (AMDK) by filling ground water from wells, and has been detrimental to many consumers, which are the people in Periuk sub-district itself, Tangerang and surrounding areas. The application of legal protection to counterfeit bottled drinking water consumers is not in accordance with the laws and regulations listed in the Consumer Protection Law No. 8 of 1999, and causing problems if examined further. The type of research used by the author is legal research methods for academic purposes. This study uses the type of library research, which examines various documents related to research. The method used by the author is a normative legal research method using a statute approach and a case approach. The results showed that the rights of consumers who have been disadvantaged are still not fulfilled based on Consumer Protection Law No. 8 of 1999 and weak government oversight in dealing with counterfeit bottled water so that there are still many sales of fake bottled drinking water and the contents do not match the quality.
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TY - CONF AU - Fena Angel Lia Kaawoan AU - Jeane Neltje Saly PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/12 TI - Legal Protection of Fake Drinking Water Consumers Reviewed by Law No. 8 Of 1999 Concerning Consumer Protection (Case Study: The Forging of 2tang Gallon Drinking Water in Periuk, Tangerang, Banten 2018) BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 804 EP - 809 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.126 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.126 ID - Kaawoan2020 ER -