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The Legal Metrology Act

An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
2010
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions
  4. 3
     Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law

  • STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

  • 4
     Units of weights and measures to be based on metric system
  • 5
     Base unit of weights and measures
  • 6
     Base unit of numeration
  • 7
     Standard units of weights and measures
  • 8
     Standard weight, measures or numeral
  • 9
     Reference, secondary and working standard
  • 10
     Use of weight or measure for particular purposes
  • 11
     Prohibition of quotation, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration
  • 12
     Any custom, usage, etc., contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void

  • APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF DIRECTOR, CONTROLLER AND LEGAL METROLOGY OFFICERS

  • 13
     Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees
  • 14
     Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees
  • 15
     Power of inspection, seizure, etc
  • 16
     Forfeiture
  • 17
     Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers
  • 18
     Declarations on prepackaged commodities
  • 19
     Registration for importer of weight or measure
  • 20
     Non-standard weights and measures not to be imported
  • 21
     Training in Legal Metrology
  • 22
     Approval of model
  • 23
     Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence

  • VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHT OR MEASURE

  • 24
     Verification and stamping of weight or measure

  • OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

  • 25
     Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure
  • 26
     Penalty for alteration of weight and measure
  • 27
     Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure
  • 28
     Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards
  • 29
     Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units
  • 30
     Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure
  • 31
     Penalty for non-production of documents, etc
  • 32
     Penalty for failure to get model approved
  • 33
     Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure
  • 34
     Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure
  • 35
     Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number
  • 36
     Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages
  • 37
     Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre
  • 38
     Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure
  • 39
     Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure
  • 40
     Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer
  • 41
     Penalty for giving false information or false return
  • 42
     Vexatious search
  • 43
     Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules
  • 44
     Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc
  • 45
     Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence
  • 46
     Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence
  • 47
     Penalty for tampering with licence
  • 48
     Compounding of offences
  • 49
     Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted
  • 50
     Appeals
  • 51
     Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply
  • 52
     Power of the Central Government to make rules
  • 53
     Power of State Government to make rules
  • 54
     Delegation of Powers
  • 55
     Act not to apply in certain cases
  • 56
     Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed
  • 57
     Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985