Title : Offences and their Trial
State : Central
Year : 1976
Whoever uses any weight or measure or makes any numeration otherwise than in accordance with the standards of weight or measure or the standards of numeration, as the case may be, established by or under this Act, 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, and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and also with fine. Section 51 - Penalty for contravention of section 18 Whoever tampers with, or alters, in any way, any reference standard, secondary standard, or working standard except where such alteration is made for the correction of any error noticed therein on verification, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Approval of Models
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, this Chapter shall not apply to, (a) any weight or measure which, being subject to verification and stamping under the State law as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is in use of such commencement; (b) any cast iron, brass, bullion, or carat weight or any beam-scale, except those specified by rule made in this behalf; (c) length measures (not being measuring tapes) ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring textiles or timber; (d) capacity measures, not exceeding twenty litres in capacity, which are ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring kerosene, milk or potable liquors; (e) any weighing or measuring instrument or device which is made or manufactured exclusively for domestic use: Provided that..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
State : Central
Year : 1976
THE STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 19761 [Act, No. 60 of 1976] [8th April, 1976] PREAMBLE An Act to establish standards of weights and measures, to regulate inter-State trade or commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:- ______________________ 1. Published in the Gazette of India, Extra, Pt.II, sec. 1, dated 8th April, 1976, p.501. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Applicability of This Part
State : Central
Year : 1976
The provisions of this Part shall apply to (a) every weight or measure which is, or is intended to be, (i) made or manufactured for the purpose of inter-State trade or commerce, (ii) used, sold, distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred in the course of inter-State trade or commerce; (b) goods which are, or are intended to be, sold, distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred by weight, measure or number in the course of inter-State trade or commerce; (c) every service which is rendered by weight, measure or number in relation to, or in the course of, inter-State trade or commerce. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Inspect
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) An Inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, inspect and test at all reasonable times, any weight or measure which (i) is in the possession, custody or control of any person, or (ii) is in or on any premises, in such circumstances as to indicate that such weight or measure is being, or is intended or likely to be, used in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, and may also verify whether such weight or measure is in conformity with the standards established by or under the Standards Act. (2) For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any weight or measure use in any transaction, an Inspector may also test the weight or measure of the article sold or delivered to any person in the course of such transaction. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appointment and Powers of Director and Other Staff
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) The Central Government may, by notification, appoint a Director of Legal Metrology and as many Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors and other officers and staff as may be necessary for exercising the powers and efficiently discharging the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act. (2) Every Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director and other officer, appointed under sub-section (1), shall exercise such powers, and discharge such functions of the Director as the Central Government may, by notification, authorise in this behalf. (3) The Director may, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director or other officer, appointed under sub-section (1), shall exercise his powers and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration of Exporters and Importers
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) No dealer or manufacturer shall export or import any weight or measure unless he is registered under this section as such exporter or importer, as the case may be. (2) Every person who intends to commence or continue business as an exporter or importer of any weight or measure shall make, within such time from the commencement of this Act as may be prescribed, an application for the inclusion of his name in the register to be maintained for the purpose. (3) The application referred to in sub-section (2) shall be made to the Director and every such application shall be made in such form, in such manner and on payment of such fees, not exceeding ten rupees, as may be prescribed. (4) On receipt of an application referred to in sub-section (2), the Director shall, if he is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Training Institute
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) There shall be established by the Central Government, at such place as it may think fit, an Institute to be known as the "Indian Institute of Legal Metrology" (hereafter referred to as the "Institute") for imparting training in legal metrology and other allied branches of knowledge. (2) The management and control of the Institute, which shall vest in the Central Government, shall be carried on in accordance with such regulations as may be made by the Central Government. (3) The Central Government shall provide the Institute with such teaching staff and other employees, and with such equipments and other facilities as it may think fit to enable the Institute to function effectively as an institution for imparting adequate training in legal metrology and other allied branches of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1976
THE SCHEDULE [See section 79] (1) Length: 1 inch =0.025 4 metre 1 foot =0.304 8 metre 1 yard =0.914 4 metre 1 mile =1 609.344 metres 1 nautical mile (UK) =1 853.18 metres For Survey of India only 1 foot =0.304 799 6 metre (2) Area: 1 square inch =0.000 645 16 square metre 1 square foot =0.092 903 04 square metre 1 sqaure yard =0.836 127 36 square metre 1 square mile =2589 988.110 336 square metre For Survey of India only 1 square foot =0.092 903 square metre 1 acre =4046.856 1 square..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Maharashtra
Year : 1932
THE BOMBAY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1932 THE BOMBAY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1932 PART I-PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Bombay Weights and Measures Act, 1932. SECTION 02: EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act shall apply to the whole of the Presidency of Bombay. (2) Part I shall come into force at once. Government may, by notification in the 3[official Gazette], direct that Parts II, III, V and VI shall come into force in any district or municipal area on a date to be specified in such notification. (3) When Government has directed that Parts II, III, V and VI shall come into force in any district or municipal area under sub section (2), Part IV shall come into force in such district or municipal area three months after the dates specified in the..... List Judgments citing this section