Editing SIM lock (section)

=== Honduras ===
In [[Honduras]], there is a general law applicable to all consumer relations engaged in the national territory and provided by natural or legal persons, public or private. This law is called "Ley de Proteccion al Consumidor"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sic.gob.hn/transparencia/documentos/Leyes/Ley_de_Proteccion_al_Consumidor.pdf |title=Decreto No.24-2008 : El Congreso Nacional |publisher=Sic.gob.hn |access-date=2013-08-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710010732/http://www.sic.gob.hn/transparencia/documentos/Leyes/Ley_de_Proteccion_al_Consumidor.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-10 }}</ref>  or "Consumer Protection Act of Honduras", approved by Legislative Decree No.24-2008, and it regulates the activities of any goods and services providers stating the principles that they must follow in order to operate in this country.

Article 20 of this law states the prohibitions that sellers are obliged to abide when selling a good or providing a service to people. Paragraph 7 of this article states that it is prohibited to a provider to "place seals, adhesives, duct tapes or analogous mechanisms, which prevent the consumer to make free use of the product, except those mechanisms used by the manufacturer for warranty purposes".

Even though the existence of this law, local carriers continue to apply SIM restrictions to the phones they sell.  For example, the iPhone is sold by Claro in Honduras and is SIM-locked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937 |title=iPhone: Wireless carrier support and features |publisher=Support.apple.com |date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2013-06-21}}</ref> which suggests that this general [[consumer protection]] law does not prohibit SIM locking of cell phones<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/the-law-against-unlocking-cellphones-is-anti-consumer-anti-business-and-anti-common-sense/272894/|title=The Law Against Unlocking Cellphones Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Business, and Anti-Common Sense|date=September 2010|website=The Atlantic|language=en|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref>