Legal Metrology Act, 2009

Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

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Section - 2 - Definitions

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Section - 3 - Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law

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Section - 4 - Units of weights and measures to be based on metric system

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Section - 5 - Base unit of weights and measures

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Section - 6 - Base unit of numeration

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Section - 7 - Standard units of weights and measures

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Section - 8 - Standard weight, measure or numeral

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Section - 9 - Reference, secondary and working standard

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Section - 10 - Use of weight or measure for particular purposes

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Section - 11 - Prohibition of quotation, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration

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Section - 12 - Any custom, usage, etc., contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void

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Section - 13 - Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees

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Section - 14 - Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees

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Section - 15 - Power of inspection, seizure, etc.

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Section - 16 - Forfeiture

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Section - 17 - Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers

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Section - 18 - Declarations on pre-packaged commodities

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Section - 19 - Registration for importer of weight or measure

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Section - 20 - Non-standard weights and measures not to be imported

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Section - 21 - Training in Legal Metrology

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Section - 22 - Approval of model

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Section - 23 - Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence

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Section - 24 - Verification and stamping of weight or measure

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Section - 25 - Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure

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Section - 26 - Penalty for alteration of weight and measure

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Section - 27 - Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure

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Section - 28 - Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards

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Section - 29 - Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units

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Section - 30 - Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure

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Section - 31 - Penalty for non-production of documents, etc.

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Section - 32 - Penalty for failure to get model approved

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Section - 33 - Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure

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Section - 34 - Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities, etc., by non-standard weight or measure

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Section - 35 - Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number

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Section - 36 - Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages

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Section - 37 - Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre

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Section - 38 - Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure

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Section - 39 - Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure

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Section - 40 - Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer

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Section - 41 - Penalty for giving false information or false return

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Section - 42 - Vexatious search

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Section - 43 - Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules

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Section - 44 - Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc.

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Section - 45 - Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence

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Section - 46 - Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence

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Section - 47 - Penalty for tampering with licence

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Section - 48 - Compounding of offences

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Section - 49 - Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted

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Section - 50 - Appeals

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Section - 51 - Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply

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Section - 52 - Power of the Central Government to make rules

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Section - 53 - Power of State Government to make rules

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Section - 54 - Delegation of Powers

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Section - 55 - Act not to apply in certain cases

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Section - 56 - Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed

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Section - 57 - Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985

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