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is likely to mislead or deceive ".

False representations.
30. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraphs: —
        "(a) falsely represent that goods are of a particular standard, quality, grade, composition, style or model or have had a particular history or particular previous use;
        (aa) falsely represent that services are of a particular standard, quality or grade;"; and
     (b) by omitting paragraphs (e) to (g), inclusive, and substituting the following paragraphs:—
        "(e) make a false or misleading statement with respect to the price of goods or services;
        (f) make a false or misleading statement concerning the need for any goods or services; or
        (g) make a false or misleading statement concerning the existence, exclusion or effect of any condition, warranty, guarantee, right or remedy.".
31. After section 53 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted: —

False representations and other misleading or offensive conduct in relation to land.
"53a. (1) A corporation shall not, in trade or commerce, in connexion with the sale or grant, or the possible sale or grant, of an interest in land or in connexion with the promotion by any means of the sale or grant of an interest in land—
     (a) represent that the corporation has a sponsorship, approval or affiliation it does not have;
     (b) make a false or misleading statement concerning the nature of the interest in the land, the price payable for the land, the location of the land, the characteristics of the land, the use to which the land is capable of being put or may lawfully be put or the existence or availability of facilities associated with the land; or
     (c) offer gifts, prizes or other free items with the intention of not providing them or of not providing them as offered.
"(2) A corporation shall not cause or permit a servant or agent of the corporation to use, at a place of residence, physical force, undue harrassment or coercion in connexion with the sale or grant, or the possible sale or grant, of an interest in land or the payment for an interest in land.
"(3) In this section, 'interest', in relation to land, means—
     (a) a legal or equitable estate or interest in the land;
     (b) a right of occupancy of the land, or of a building or part of a building erected on the land, arising by virtue of the holding of shares, or by virtue of a contract to purchase shares, in an incorporated company that owns the land or building; or
     (c) a right, power or privilege over, or in connexion with, the land.".

Offering gifts and prizes.
32. Section 54 of