Two establishments in Pettah have been fined a total of Rs. 200,000 for offering electrical accessories for sale without the mandatory SLS certification, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) said.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court imposed a fine of Rs. 100,000 on each establishment after they pleaded guilty to charges filed by the CAA.
One establishment was charged with offering 98 AC/DC 12V adapters for sale without the mandatory SLS Product Certification Mark, while the other was charged over 200 packs of multifunction LED lights that did not comply with the applicable mandatory SLS requirement.
The legal action was taken under Direction No. 63, published in an Extraordinary Gazette in December 2017 and effective from January 1, 2019.
Under the Direction, specified electrical accessories not exceeding 250V cannot be manufactured, imported, distributed, stored, sold or displayed for sale unless they carry the applicable SLS Product Certification Mark issued by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.
The CAA clarified that the requirement does not apply to every electrical product, but only to specified electrical accessories covered by the Direction, including certain plugs, socket outlets, extension cords, portable socket outlets, adapters, fused connection units, fused conversion plugs and cable reels.
Consumers have been advised to check for the applicable SLS certification mark when purchasing such products and to obtain a proper receipt.
Information on traders selling electrical accessories that fail to comply with mandatory standards can be reported to the CAA through its 1977 hotline. (Newswire)
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