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

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     Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees
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     Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees
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     Power of inspection, seizure, etc
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     Forfeiture
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     Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers
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     Declarations on prepackaged commodities
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     Registration for importer of weight or measure
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     Non-standard weights and measures not to be imported
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     Training in Legal Metrology
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     Approval of model
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     Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence
  • VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHT OR MEASURE

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     Verification and stamping of weight or measure
  • OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

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     Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure
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     Penalty for alteration of weight and measure
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     Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure
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     Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards
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     Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units
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     Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure
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     Penalty for non-production of documents, etc
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     Penalty for failure to get model approved
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     Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure
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     Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure
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     Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number
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     Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages
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     Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre
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     Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure
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     Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure
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     Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer
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     Penalty for giving false information or false return
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     Vexatious search
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     Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules
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     Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc
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     Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence
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     Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence
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     Penalty for tampering with licence
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     Compounding of offences
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     Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted
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     Appeals
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     Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply
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     Power of the Central Government to make rules
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     Power of State Government to make rules
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     Delegation of Powers
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     Act not to apply in certain cases
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     Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed
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     Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985