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 : 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 : Custody and Verification of Standard Equipments
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. Section 25 - Preparation and custody or secondary or working standards The..... 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Central
Year : 1985
STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1985 STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1985 54 of 1985 4th September, 1985 An Act to provide for the enforcement of the standards of weights and measures established by or under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Prefatory Note-Statement of Objects and Reasons.-(1) In 1956, Parliament enacted the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (89 of 1956) with a view to replacing the bewildering varieties of weights and measures in use in the country by standards based on the metric system. For the enforcement of these standards, the States..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985)
State : Central
Year : 1985
Preamble1 - STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1985 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Act not to apply to inter-State trade or commerce Section3 - Definitions Section4 - Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law except the Standards Act Chapter 2 Section5 - Appointment of Controllers, Inspectors and other officers and staff Section6 - Power to authorise Inspector to adjust weights or measures Section7 - Controller and officers appointed under this Act to be public servants Section8 - Protection of action taken in good faith Chapter 3 Section9 - Prohibition of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures Section10 - Use of weights only or measures only in certain cases Section11..... List Judgments citing this section