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Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 17

Title : National Prototype and National Standard How to Be Kept

State : Central

Year : 1976

Every national prototype specified in section 15 and every object or equipment, or both, referred to in section 16, shall be kept in such manner and under such conditions as may be prescribed. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 27

Title : Secondary or Working Standard Which May Be Stamped

State : Central

Year : 1976

Where the Central Government is of opinion that by reason of the size or nature of any secondary standard or working standard referred to in section 25, it is not desirable or practicable to put a stamp thereon, it may direct that instead of putting stamp on such secondary standard or working standard, a certificate may be issued to the effect that such secondary standard or working standard conforms to the standards established by or under this Act and every secondary standard or working standard so certified shall be deemed to have been duly stamped under this Act on the date on which such certificate was issued. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 8

Title : Base Unit of Electric Current

State : Central

Year : 1976

(1) The base unit of electric current shall be the ampere. (2) The "ampere" is that constant current which if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed one metre apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 107newton per metre of length. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 24

Title : Supply, Etc., of Reference Standards

State : Central

Year : 1976

(1) The Central Government shall cause to be prepared, for the purposes of this Act, as many sets of reference standards as it may think necessary and shall supply to each State Government as many sets of reference standards as it may think fit. (2) The Central Government shall keep in its custody, for the purposes of this Act, such number of reference standards as may be necessary. (3) Every reference standard referred to in sub-section (2) shall be kept at such place and in such custody as may be prescribed and no such reference standard shall be deemed to be a reference standard and shall be used as such unless it has been verified and authenticated in accordance with the rules made under this Act. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 70

Title : Penalty for Giving False Information or False Returns

State : Central

Year : 1976

(1) Whoever gives information to the Director or the authorised officer 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 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 which is false in material particulars, 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. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 55

Title : Penalty for Contravention of Section 32

State : Central

Year : 1976

Whoever in the course of any inter-State trade or commerce, makes any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the provisions of section 32 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. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 56

Title : Penalty for Contravention of Section 33

State : Central

Year : 1976

Whoever in the course of any inter-State trade or commerce, contravenes the provisions of section 33 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 three years and also with fine. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 66

Title : Penalty for Contravention of Section 49

State : Central

Year : 1976

Whoever contravenes, without any reasonable excuse, the provisions of section 49, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 67

Title : Penalty Where No Specific Penalty is Provided

State : Central

Year : 1976

Whoever contravenes any provisions of this Act for the contravention of which no punishment has been separately provided in any of the provisions of this Act, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 81

Title : Appeals

State : Central

Year : 1976

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), any person aggrieved by an order made under section 30 or section 36 may prefer an appeal against such order to the Director, or where the order has been made by the Director, to the Central Government. (2) Every such appeal shall be preferred within sixty days from the date on which the impugned order was made: Provided that the appellate authority may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the said period of sixty days, permit the appellant to prefer the appeal within a further period of sixty days. (3) On receipt of any such appeal, the appellate authority shall, after giving the parties to the appeal a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after making such..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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