Consumer Protection Act Article 50

Where numerous consumers are injured as a result of the same incident, a consumer advocacy group may take assignment of claims from 20 or more consumers and bring litigation in its own name. Consumers may terminate such assignment before the close of oral arguments, in which they shall notify the court.If some consumers terminate their assignment of claims and thus the aforesaid litigation results in less than 20 consumers, the authority over consumer advocacy group will not be affected.The assignment of claims referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include non-pecuniary damages set forth in Articles 194 and 195, paragraph 1, of the Civil Code.The time limit for the claims referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be separately determined for each consumer who has made such assignment.After taking an assignment of the claims of damages set forth in the third paragraph, the consumer advocacy group shall deliver the balance of compensation received as a result of the litigation by deducting the litigation fees and the necessary expenses for the lawyer set forth in second paragraph of the preceding Article, to consumers who have made such assignment of claims.Consumer advocacy groups shall not claim rewards from consumers for litigation referred to in the first paragraph.