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Standard, means standards specified by the Govern-ment through, notification, under this Act or the standards prescribed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986). [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(p)]

Standard, that which is of undoubted authority, and the test of other things of the same kind; a settled rate. See the Weights and Measures Act, 1878, and the Amendment Act of 1926. The 1936 Act (25 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 38) deals mostly with the measur-ing of sand and sand ballast.

1. A model accepted as correct by custom, consent, or authority, 2. A criterion for measuring accept-ability, quality or accuracy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1412-13