Precious Metals Marking Act

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The Precious Metals Marking Act is a Canadian federal law that regulates the accurate marking, description, and quality standards of articles made from precious metals to protect consumers from misleading claims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal statute
administeredBy Competition Bureau Canada NERFINISHED
appliesTo domestically manufactured precious metal articles
gold articles
imported precious metal articles sold in Canada
palladium articles
platinum articles
precious metal articles
silver articles
country Canada
enforcedBy Competition Bureau Canada NERFINISHED
hasProvision offences for non‑compliance with marking requirements
penalties for misleading precious metal markings
jurisdiction Canada
language English
French
legalArea consumer protection law
product labelling law
trade practices law
levelOfGovernment federal
objective ensure that precious metal markings are meaningful and reliable for consumers
promote fair competition in the trade of precious metal articles
prohibits deceptive descriptions of precious metal content
false precious metal quality claims
misleading markings on precious metal articles
protects purchasers of precious metal articles
retail consumers
purpose consumer protection
prevention of misleading precious metal claims
regulation of quality markings on precious metals
regulates marking of precious metal articles
quality claims for precious metal content
use of quality marks on jewellery
use of quality marks on other precious metal goods
use of quality marks on tableware
use of quality marks on watches
relatedTo Competition Act (Canada) NERFINISHED
Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act (Canada) NERFINISHED
requires accurate fineness markings
truthful representation of precious metal content
scope marking and description of precious metal articles offered for sale in Canada
setsStandardFor minimum fineness for marked precious metal articles
use of parts per thousand fineness markings
use of quality marks such as karat for gold
typeOfRegulation product quality labelling regulation
truth‑in‑advertising regulation for precious metals

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Competition Bureau appliesLaw Precious Metals Marking Act