LawgistThe Legal Metrology Act
16Forfeiture
(1) Every non-standard or unverified weight or measure, and every package made in contravention of section 18, used in the course of, or in relation to, any trade and commerce and seized under section 15, shall be liable to be forfeited to the State Government:
Provided that such unverified weight or measure shall not be forfeited to the State Government if the person from whom such weight or measure was seized gets the same verified and stamped within such time as may be prescribed.
(2) Every weight, measure or other goods seized under section 15 but not forfeited under sub-section (1), shall be disposed of by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed.
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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
