Section 58 - Year 1985 - Bare Acts

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 58

Title: Vexatious Search

State: Central

Year: 1985

An Inspector or any other officer exercising powers under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder who knows that there are no reasonable grounds for so doing, and yet (a) searches, or causes to be searched, any house, conveyance or place, or (b) searches any person, or (c) seizes any weight, measure or other movable property, shall, for every such offence, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

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Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Section 58

Title: Punishment for Vexatious Entry, Search, Seizure or Arrest

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) Any person empowered under section 42 or section 43 or section 44 who-- (a) without reasonable ground of suspicion enters or searches, or causes to be entered or searched, any building, conveyance or place; (b) vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes the property of any person on the pretence of seizing or searching for any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or other article liable to be confiscated under this Act, or of seizing any document or other article liable to be seized under section 42, section 43 or section 44; or (c) vexatiously and unnecessarily detains, searches or arrests any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Any person wilfully and maliciously giving false information and so causing an arrest or a search being made under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.

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Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 Chapter 58

Title: Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....tentering, heat-setting, crease resistant, organdie processing or, any other process or any one or more of these processes shall amount to 'manufacture'. Tariff Item Description of goods Unit Rate of duty (1) (2) (3) (4) 5801 WOVEN PILE FABRICS AND CHENILLE FABRICS, OTHER THAN FABRICS OF HEADING 5802 OR 5806 5801 10 00 - Of wool or fine animal hair m2 5[10%] - Of cotton: 5801 21 00 -- Uncut weft pile fabrics m2 5[10%] 5801 22 -- Cut corduroy: 5801 22 10 --- Solely of cotton 4[m2] 5[10%] 5801 22 90 --- Other m2 5[10%] 5801 23 00 -- Other weft pile fabrics m2 5[10%] 5801 24 00 -- Warp pile fabrics, 'epingle' (uncut) m2 5[10%] 5801 25 00 -- Warp.....

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 56

Title: Penalty for Giving False Information or Maintaining False Records or Registers

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) Whoever gives information to a Controller, Additional Controller or an Inspector or any other officer authorised by the Controller, which he may require or ask for in the course of his duty and which such person either knows or has reason to believe to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Whoever, being required by or under this Act so to do, submits a return or maintains any record or register which is false in any material particular, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine.

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 74

Title: Act Not to Apply in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1985

The provisions of this Act, in so far as they relate to the verification and stamping of weight and measures, shall not apply to any weight or measure, (a) used in any factory exclusively engaged in the manufacture of any arms, or ammunition, or both, for the use of the Armed Forces of the Union; (b) used for scientific investigation or for research; (c) manufactured exclusively for export.

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 68

Title: Licences Neither Saleable nor Transferable

State: Central

Year: 1985

A licence issued or renewed under this Act shall not be saleable or otherwise transferable.

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 66

Title: Provisions of Indian Penal Code Not to Apply to Any Offence Under This Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

The provisions of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in so far as such provisions relate to offences with regard to weights or measures, shall not apply to any offence which is punishable under this Act

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 60

Title: Presumption to Be Made in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) If any person, (a) makes or manufactures, or causes to be made or manufactured, any false weight or measure, or (b) uses, or causes to be used, any false or unverified weight or measure in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, or (c) sells, distributes, delivers or otherwise transfers, or causes to be sold, distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred, any false or unverified weight or measure, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that he had done so with the knowledge that the weight or measure was a false or unverified weight or measure, as the case may be. (2) If any person has in his possession custody or control any false or unverified weight or measure in such circumstances as to indicate that such weight or measure is likely to be used in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such false or unverified weight or measure was possessed, held or controlled by such person with the intention of using the same in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection.

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 59

Title: Penalty for Contravention Not Separately Provided for

State: Central

Year: 1985

Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act for the contravention of which no punishment has been separately provided for in this Act, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.

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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 57

Title: Wilful Verification or Disclosure in Contravention of Law

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) If any Inspector or any other officer exercising powers under this Act or any rule made thereunder wilfully verifies or stamps any weight or measure in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any rule made thereunder, he shall, for every such offence, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both. (2) If any Inspector or other officer who enters into any premises in the course of his duty wilfully discloses, except in the performance of such duty, to any person any information obtained by him from such premises with regard to any trade secret or any secret in relation to any manufacturing process, he shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both.

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