THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009.

[NO. 1 OF 2010]

[13th January, 2010]

  CHAPTER III 

             APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF DIRECTOR, CONTROLLER 

               AND LEGAL METROLOGY OFFICERS

SECTION 16. Forfeiture.-  (1) Every non-standard or unverified weight or measure, and every package made in contravention of section 18, used in the course of, or in relation to, any trade and commerce and seized under section 15, shall be liable to be forfeited to the State Government

Provided  that such unverified weight or measure shall not be forfeited to the State Government if the person from whom such weight or measure was seized gets the same verified and stamped within such time as may be prescribed.

(2) Every weight, measure or other goods seized under section 15 but not forfeited under sub-section (1), shall be disposed of by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed.