State : Central
Year : 1976
STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1976 STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1976 60 of 1976 8th April, 1976 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 : PART 01: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EVERY PART SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint, and..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
State : Central
Year : 1976
Preamble1 - STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1976 Part I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law Part II Chapter I Section4 - Units of weight or measure to be based on metric system Section5 - Base unit of length Section6 - Base unit of mass Section7 - Base unit of time Section8 - Base unit of electric current Section9 - Base unit of thermodynamic temperature Section10 - Base unit of luminous intensity Section11 - Base unit of amount of substance Section12 - Supplementary, derived, special and other units of weight or measuretheir symbols, definitions, etc. Section13 - Base unit of numeration Section14 - Standard unit of weight or measure Chapter II Section15 -..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Conversion of Non-metric Weights and Measures into Standard Units of Weights or Measures
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) The value expressed in terms of any unit of weight or measure other than in terms of the standard units of weight or measure may be converted into the value expressed in terms of a standard unit of weight or measure at the rate specified in the Schedule. (2) All references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order made under any enactment, or in any contract, deed or other instrument, for the time being in force, to a value expressed in terms of any unit of weight, measure or numeration other than that of a standard unit of weight, measure or numeration shall be construed as references to that value expressed in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration, as the case may be, converted at the rates specified in the Schedule. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Supplementary, Derived, Special and Other Units of Weight or Measuretheir Symbols, Definitions, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) The Central Government may, by rules made in this behalf, specify, in relation to the base units of weight or measure, such supplementary, derived, or other units or standard symbols or definitions as the General Conference on Weights and Measures or the International Organisation of Legal Metrology may recommend. Explanation."Derived unit" means a unit which is derived from the base, or supplementary, units, or both. (2) The Central Government may, by rules made in this behalf, specify such multiples and sub-multiples of, and physical constants, and ratios or co-efficients in relation to, units of weight or measure as the General Conference on Weights and Measures or the International Organisation of Legal Metrology may recommend. (3) The Central Government may, by..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Use of Non-standard Weight or Measure Prohibited
State : Central
Year : 1976
No weight, measure or numeral, other than the standard weight, measure or numeral, shall be used as a standard weight, measure or numeral. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Quantities and Origin of Commodities in Packaged Form to Be Declared
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) No person shall, (a) make, manufacture, pack, sell, or cause to be packed or sold; or (b) distribute, deliver, or cause to be distributed or delivered; or (c) offer, expose or possess for sale, any commodity in packaged form to which this Part applies unless such package bears thereon or on a label securely attached thereto a definite, plain and conspicuous declaration, made in the prescribed manner, of (i) the identity of the commodity in the package; (ii) the net quantity, in terms of the standard unit of weight or measure, of the commodity in the package; (iii) where the commodity is packaged or sold by number, the accurate number of the commodity contained in the package; (iv) the unit sale price of the commodity in the package; and (v) the sale price of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1976
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "calibration" means all the operations which are necessary for the purpose of determining the values of the errors of a weight or measure and, if necessary, to determine the other metrological properties of such weight or measure, and includes the actual fixing of the positions of the gauge-marks Or scale-marks of a weight or measure or in some cases, of certain principal marks only, in relation to the corresponding values of the quantity to be measured. Explanation. Calibration may also be carried out with a view to permitting the use of a weight or measure as a standard; (b) "commodity in packaged form" means commodity packaged, whether in any bottle, tin, wrapper or otherwise, in units suitable for sale, whether wholesale..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Standard Weight or Measure
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Any weight or measure which conforms to the standard unit of such weight or measure and also conforms to such of the provisions of sections 15 to 19 (both inclusive) as are applicable to it shall be the standard weight or measure. (2) Any numeral which conforms to the provisions of section 13 shall be the standard numeral. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition with Regard to Inscriptions Etc
State : Central
Year : 1976
No weight, measure or other goods shall bear thereon any inscription or indication or weight, measure or number except in accordance with the standard unit of such weight, measure or numeration established by or under this Act: Provided that in relation to any weight, measure or other goods which are manufactured for scientific investigation or research or for export, inscription or indication thereon of any weight, measure or number may also be made in accordance with any other system of weight, measure or numeration if such inscription or indication is demanded by the person by whom such scientific investigation or research is to be made or by the person to whom the export is to be made. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Quotations, Etc., Otherwise Than in Terms of Standard Units of Weights, Measures or Numeration
State : Central
Year : 1976
No person shall, in relation to any goods, thing or service to which this part applies, (a) quote, or make announcement of, whether by word of mouth or otherwise, any price or charge, or (b) issue or exhibit any price list, invoice, cash memo or other document, or (c) prepare or publish any advertisement, poster or other document, or (d) indicate the contents of any package either on itself or on any label, carton or other thing, or (e) indicate the contents on any container, or (f) express any quantity or dimension, otherwise than in accordance with the standard unit of weight, measure or numeration. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section