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 sectionTitle : 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 sectionTitle : Provisions of This Act to Override the Provisions of Any Other Law
State : Central
Year : 1976
The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Compounding of Offences
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Any offence punishable under section 50, section 55, section 56, section 57, section 58, section 59, section 60, section 63, section 64, section 65, section 66, or section 67 may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution , be compounded by the Director or such other officer as may be specially authorised by him in this behalf, on payment for credit to the Government of such sum as the Director or such other officer may specify: Provided that such sum shall not, in any case, exceed the maximum amount of the fine which may be imposed under this Act for the offence so compounded. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to a person who commits the same or similar offence within a period of three years from the date on which the first offence, committed by him,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences by Companies and Power of Court to Publish Name, Place of Business, Etc., of Companies Convicted
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) If an offence under this Act is committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Cognizance of Offences, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1976
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),- 1[(a) no court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a complaint, in writing, made by- (i) the Director; (ii) any other authorised officer; (iii) any person aggrieved; or (iv) a recognised consumer association whether the person aggrieved is a member of such association or not. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause "recognised consumer association" means a voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any other law for the time being in force;] (b) no court inferior to that a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this Act; (c) an offence..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Appointment 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 : Standard Units
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) Every unit of weight or measure shall be based on the units of the metric system. (2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), (a) the international system of units as recommended by the General Conference on Weights and Measures, and (b) such additional units as may be recommended by the International Organisation of Legal Metrology, shall be the units of the metric system. Section 5 - Base unit of length (1) The base unit of length shall be the metre. (2) The "metre" is the length equal to 1650 763.73 wave lengths in vacuum of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the levels 2p10 and 5d5 of the krypton-86 atom. Section 6 - Base unit of mass (1) The base unit of mass shall be the kilogram. (2) The "kilogram" is the unit of mass; it is equal to the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General
State : Central
Year : 1976
(1) The Central Government may, by rules made in this behalf, direct that in respect of the class of goods or undertakings or users specified therein, no transaction, dealing or contract shall be made or had except by such weight, measure or number as may be specified in the said rules. (2) Any rule made under sub-section (1) shall take effect in such area, from such future date and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified therein. Section 33 - Prohibition of quotations, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weights, measures or numeration 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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Commodities in Packaged Form Intended to Be Sold or Distributed in the Course of Inter-state Trade or Commerce
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 section