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Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 16

Title: 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.

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Chapter 11

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....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 and also with fine. Section 45 - Penalty for contravention of section 22 Whoever, (a) sells, offers, exposes or possesses for sale, any weight or measure which has not been verified and stamped under this Act, or (b) uses, or keeps for use, any weight or measure which, being required to be verified and stamped uner this Act, has not been so verified and stamped, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine.....

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Chapter 8

Title: Inspection, Search, Seizure and Forfeiture

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....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 measure or the net contents, by weight, measure or number, or any package, and may also examine any document or other record relating thereto. Section 30 - Power to search (1) Where the Controller has reason to believe that any weight or measure, liable to be seized under this Act, or any document or thing in relation to any weight or measure, will be, in his opinion, useful for or relevant to, any proceeding under this Act, is secreted in any place, he may search or authorise any officer, not below the rank of an Inspector, to search for and seize, such weight or measure, document or thing, and the provisions of sections 100 and 102 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall apply to every such search. (2) Every.....

Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....a weight, measure or number which conforms to the standards established in relation thereto by or under the Standards Act; (m) "State Act" means the Act enacted by the Legislature of a State for the enforcement of the standards established by or under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (89 of 1956); (n) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof; (o) words and expressions used in this Act and not defined but defined in the Standards Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act SECTION 04: PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO OVERRIDE THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW EXCEPT THE STANDARDS ACT The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act and the Standards Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act or the Standards Act. CHAPTER 02: APPOINTMENT OF CONTROLLERS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS SECTION 05: APPOINTMENT OF CONTROLLERS, INSPECTORS "AND OTHER OFFICERS AND STAFF (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint a Controller of Legal Metrology for the State and as.....

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Chapter 5

Title: Registration of Users of Weights and Measures

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....include the name or such person in the Register of Users and issue to the applicant a certificate to the effect that his name has been so included. (5) A certificate issued under sub- section (4) shall be valid for the period specified therein and may be renewed from time to time for such further period and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed. Section 18 - Punishment for non-registration Whoever uses, after the expiry of the period prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 17, any weight or measure in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection shall, unless he is registered in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 27

Title: Power to Inspect

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) An Inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, inspect and test at all reasonable times, any weight or measure which (i) is in the possession, custody or control of any person, or (ii) is in or on any premises, in such circumstances as to indicate that such weight or measure is being, or is intended or likely to be, used in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, and may also verify whether such weight or measure is in conformity with the standards established by or under the Standards Act. (2) For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of any weight or measure use in any transaction, an Inspector may also test the weight or measure of the article sold or delivered to any person in the course of such transaction.

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Section 60

Title: Presumption to Be Made in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1985

(1) If any person, (a) makes or manufactures, or causes to be made or manufactured, any false weight or measure, or (b) uses, or causes to be used, any false or unverified weight or measure in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, or (c) sells, distributes, delivers or otherwise transfers, or causes to be sold, distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred, any false or unverified weight or measure, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that he had done so with the knowledge that the weight or measure was a false or unverified weight or measure, as the case may be. (2) If any person has in his possession custody or control any false or unverified weight or measure in such circumstances as to indicate that such weight or measure is likely to be used in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such false or unverified weight or measure was possessed, held or controlled by such person with the intention of using the same in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Authority" means the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority established under Section 4-; (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority; (c) "export" means taking out of India by land, sea or air; (d) "exporter" means a person registered as an exporter of Scheduled products under Section 12-; (e) "member" means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairman; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (g) "processing" in relation to Scheduled products includes the process of preservation of such products such as canning, freezing, drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting and any other method of processing which the Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; (h) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act ; (i) "Scheduled product" means any of the agricultural or processed food products included in the Schedule. SECTION.....

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Chapter 3

Title: General Provisions in Relation to Standard Weights and Measures

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....shall be undertaken, or (c) no use for protection shall be made, except by such weight, measure or number as may be specified therein. (2) Any rule made under sub-section (1) shall taken effect in such area, from such future date and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified therein. Section 11 - Prohibition of quotations, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure Except where he is permitted under the Standards Act so to do, no person shall, in relation to any goods or things which are sold, transferred, distributed or delivered, or any service rendered (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) mention any weight or measure in any advertisement poster or other document, or (d) indicate the weight, measure or number of the net contents of any package on the package itself or on any label, carton or other thing, or (e) express, in relation to any transaction, industrial production or protection, any quantity or dimension, otherwise than in accordance with the standard weight or measure. .....

Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement Act, 1985 (54 of 1985) Chapter 6

Title: Manufacture, Repair or Sale of Weights or Measures

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....thereon of any weights or measures in accordance with unit other than the units of weights or measure specified by or under the Standards Act. Section 22 - Prohibition of sale or use of unstamped weights or measures No weight or measure shall be sold, or offered, exposed or possessed for sale, or used or kept for use in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection unless it has been verified and stamped: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any weight or measure which has been initially verified and stamped with a special seal referred to in sub-section (3) of section 41 of the Standards Act. Section 23 - Manufacturer, etc., to maintain records and registers (1) Every maker, manufacturer, repairer or dealer and every person using any weight or measure in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection shall maintain such records and registers as may be prescribed and if required so to do by an Inspector, shall produce such records and registers before the Inspector for inspection. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the Controller is of opinion that having regard to the nature or.....