False Weight Or Measure - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

False weight or measure, means any weight or measure which does not conform to the standards established by or under this Act in relation to that weight or measure. [Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), s. 2(g)]

A weight or measure that does not comply with governmentally prescribed standard or with prevailing custom in the place and business in which the weight or measure is used, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 619.