Title : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) This Act may be called the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions thereof, in or in relation to, different (a) areas in the State; or (b) classes of undertakings in the State; or (c) classes of goods produced, sold, distributed, marketed or transferred in the state; or (d) classes of services rendered in the State; or (e) classes of weights and measures manufactured, sold, distributed, marketed, transferred, repaired or used in the State; or (f) classes of users of weights and measures in the State, and any reference in any such provision to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Verification and Stamping of Weights or Measures
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Every person having any weight or measure in his possession, custody or control in circumstances indicating that such weight or measure is being, or is intended or likely to be, used by him in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, shall, before putting such weight or measure into such use, have such weight or measure verified at such place and during such hours as the Controller may, by general or special order, specify in this behalf (hereinafter referred to as the specified place or specified time), on payment of such fees as may be prescribed. (2) Every weight or measure referred to in sub-section (1) shall be re-verified at such periodical intervals as may be prescribed. Explanation.For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that no periodical..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Inspector to Require Production of Weight or Measure or Records for Inspection
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) An Inspector may, if he has any reasonable cause to believe that an offence punishable under this Act has been or is likely to be, committed in respect of any weight or measure or that any weight or measure does not conform to the standards established by or under the Standards Act, require, at all reasonable times, the person having the custody or control of such weight or measure to produce before him for inspection every such weight or measure which, (i) is used by such person or is caused by such person to be used by any other person, or (ii) is in the possession, custody or control of such person for use, or (iii) is kept in or on any premises for use, in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection. (2) The Inspector may also require the production of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1985
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Additional Controller" includes a Joint Controller, Deputy Controller and an Assistant Controller appointed under section 5; (b) "authorised seal or stamp" means a seal or stamp under, and in accordance with, the provisions of this Act; (c) "Controller" means the Controller of Legal Metrology appointed under section 5; (d) "counterfeit", in relation to a seal or stamp, means a seal or stamp which is so made as to resemble an authorised seal or stamp, as the case may be, intending by that resemblance to practise deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practised; Explanation I.It is not essential that the resemblance of the counterfeit seal or stamp to the authorised seal or stamp should be..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Inspector to Enter Premises
State : Central
Year : 1985
An Inspector may, if he has any reason to believe, whether from any information given to him by any person and taken down by him in writing or from personal knowledge or otherwise, that an offence punishable under this Act has been, or is likely to be, committed in relation to any weight, measure or other goods which are sold, delivered or distributed by weight, measure or number, enter, at all reasonable times, into any premises (i) where such weight or measure is (a) made manufactured, repaired, or sold, or (b) used, or kept or believed to be kept for use, in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection; (ii) where such goods are manufactured, packed, distributed or sold or kept or offered for sale in packaged form, and inspet or verify any weight or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Sale or Delivery of Commodities, Etc., by Non-standard Weight or Measure
State : Central
Year : 1985
(1) Except where he is permitted under the Standards Act so to do, whoever sells, or causes to be sold, delivers, or causes to be delivered, any commodity, article or thing by any weight, measure or number other than the standard weight or measure1[shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees, and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year and also with fine.] (2) Whoever renders, or causes to be rendered, any service in terms of any weight, measure or number other than the standard weight or measure1[shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees but which may extend to two..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Contravention of Section 21
State : Central
Year : 1985
Except where he is permitted under the Standards Act so to do, whoever makes or manufactures any weight or measure which, (a) though ostensibly purports to conform to the standards established by or under that Act, does not actually to the said standards, or (b) bears thereon any indication of weight or measure which is not in conformity with the standards of weight or measure established by or under that Act, whether such indication is or is not in addition to the indication of weight or measure in accordance with the said standards, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Authorise Inspector to Adjust Weights or Measures
State : Central
Year : 1985
Where the Controller is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, he may, by an order in writing, authorise any officer not below the rank of an Inspector, to adjust any weight or measure in any area within the local limits of his jurisdiction. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Persons Using Weights or Measures for Transactions or Industrial Production or for Protection to Get Themselves Registered
State : Central
Year : 1985
No person, not being an itinerant vendor, shall use any weight or measure in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection unless he is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Penalty for Manufacturing, Etc., of Non-standard Weights or Measures
State : Central
Year : 1985
Whoever,- (a) makes or manufactures, or causes to be made or manufactured (except where he is permitted under the Standards Act so to do), any weight or measure in accordance with any standards other than the standards established by or under the Standards Act, or (b) (i) sells or otherwise transfers, or causes to be sold or otherwise transferred, or (ii) lets, or causes to be let, on hire, any weight or measure which has been manufactured in accordance with any standards other than the standards established by or under the Standards Act,1[shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year, and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months, but..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section