THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 .
[NO. 1 OF 2010]
[13th January, 2010]
An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and formatters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Section 1- short title, extent and commencement
Section 2- Definitions.
Section 3- Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law.
CHAPTER II
STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Section 4- Unit of weights and measures to be based on metric system.
Section 5- Base Unit of weights and measures.
Section 6- Base unit of numeration.
Section 7- Standard unit of weights and measures
Section 8- Standard weights, measures or numeral
Section 9- Reference, Secondary and working standard
Section 10- Use of weight or measure for particular purpose
Section11- Prohibition of quatation, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or
numeration
Section12- Any custom, usage, etc., contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void
CHAPTER III
APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF DIRECTOR, CONTROLLER
AND LEGAL METROLOGY OFFICERS
Section13- Appointment of Director, legal mentrology officers and other employees
Section14- Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees
Section15- Power of inspection, seizure, etc
Section16- Forfeiture.
Section17- Manufacturers, etc, to maintain records and registers
Section18- Declarations on per-packaged commodities
Section19- Registration for importer of weight or measure
Section20- Non-Standard weight and measures not to be imported
Section21- Training in legal metrology
Section22- Approval of model
Section23- Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence
CHAPTER IV.
VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHT OR MEASURE
Section24- Verification and stamping of weight or measure
CHAPTER V
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section25- Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure
Section26- Penalty for alteration of weight or measure
Section27- Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure
Section28- Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards
Section29- Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc, of non-standard units
Section30- Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure.
Section31- Penalty for non-production of documents, etc.
Section32- Penalty for failure to get model approved
Section33- Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure
Section34- Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities, etc., by non-standard weight or measure
Section35- Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number
Section36- Penalty for selling. etc., of non-standard packages
Section37- Penalty for contravention by Government approved test center
Section38- Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure.
Section39- Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure.
Section40- Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer
Section41- Penalty for giving false information or false return.-
Section42- Vexatious search
Section43- Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules.-
Section44- Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc.
Section45- Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence
Section46- Penalty for repair,sale,etc, of weight and measure without licence
Section47- Penalty for tampering with licence
Section48- Compounding of offences.
Section49- Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted
Section50- Appeals
Section51- Provisions of Indian penal code and code of criminal procedure not to apply
Section52- Power of the central Government to make rules
Section53- Power of state Government to make rules
Section54- Delegation of power
Section55- Act not to apply in certain cases
Section56- Existing director, controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed
Section57- Repeal of the standards of weights and measures Act, 1976 and standards of weights and measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985