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Legal Metrology Act, 2009 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2009

LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 1 OF 2010 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. Be it unacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. (2) It extends to the whole of India, (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. SECTION 2 : Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Controller" means the Controller of Legal Metrology appointed under Sec. 14; (b) "dealer", in relation to any weight or measure, means a person who, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling supplying or distributing any such weight or measure, whether for cash or for deferred payment or for commission,.....