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Part 14 — Remedies and Enforcement

159 Other Remedies Court actions by the Director

Current to 2026-07-14 · Official PDF

(1) In addition to any other remedy in this Act, the Director
may commence and maintain an action in the Court of King's
Bench against a person if the Director is of the opinion that a
person
(a) has contravened this Act or the regulations under this Act ,
or
(b) has not complied with the terms of an undertaking that the
person has entered into.
(2) In an action brought under subsection (1), the Court of King's
Bench may
(a) declare that this Act or the regulations under this Act ha ve
been contravened;
(b) grant an order requiring the person to provide any redress
the Court considers proper to those persons who suffered
damage or loss arising from the contravention of this Act or
the regulations;
RSA 2000

(c) grant an order in the nature of an injunction restraining the
person from engaging in the practice that gave rise to the
contravention of this Act or the regulations;
(d) if the person who is the subject of the order had entered into
a consumer transaction, grant an order for specific
performance of the consumer transaction or grant an order
for rescission of the consumer transaction;
(e) grant an order for the res titution of property or funds;
(f) award punitive or exemplary damages;
(g) grant any other relief the Court considers proper.
(3) Damages awarded under this section are a debt owing to the
Crown in right of Alberta.
RSA 2000 cF-2 s159;AR 217/2022