47Disruption of auction prohibited

47 Disruption of auction prohibited

(1) This section applies to—

(a) a person intending to make a bid on his or her own behalf, or on behalf of another person, at a public auction of land;

(b) a person acting on behalf of a person intending to make a bid at a public auction of land.

(2) The person must not knowingly prevent or hinder any other person whom he or she knows or believes is an actual or potential rival bidder from attending, participating in, or bidding at, the auction.

(3) The person must not harass any other person whom he or she knows or believes is an actual or potential rival bidder with the intention of interfering with that other person's attendance at, participation in, or bidding at, the auction.

(4) The person must not induce, or attempt to induce, another person whom he or she knows or believes is an actual or potential rival bidder to not attend the auction, or to not make a bid at the auction.

(5) The person must not do any thing with the intention of preventing, causing a major disruption to, or causing the cancellation of, the auction.

(6) Subsection (5) is not intended to preclude a person at the auction from asking, in good faith, a reasonable number of questions about the land, the contract of sale and the conduct of the auction.

S. 48 inserted by No. 41/2003 s. 3.