The Standards of Weights and Measures Act,1976

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The Standards of Weights and Measures Act,1976

CONTENTS

Sections	Particulars

	Preamble

1	Short title, extent and commencement
2	Definitions
3	Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law
4	Units of weight or measure to be based on metric system
5	Base unit of length
6	Base unit of mass
7	Base unit of time
8	Base unit of electric current
9	Base unit of thermodynamic temperature
10	Base unit of luminous intensity
11	Base unit of amount of substance
12	Supplementary, derived, special and other units of weight or measure-Their symbols, definitions, etc
13	Base unit of numeration
14	Standard unit of weight or measure
15	National prototypes
16	National standards
17	National prototype and national standard how to be kept
18	Reference, secondary and working standards
19	Power to Central Government to prescribe physical characteristics, etc., of weights and measures
20	Standard weight or measure
21	Use of non-standard weight or measure prohibited
22	Manufacture of non-standard weight or measure prohibited
23	Prohibition with regard to inscriptions, etc
24	Supply, etc. of reference standards
25	Preparation and custody of secondary or working standards
26	Verification, stamping, etc. of secondary or working standards
27	Secondary or working standard, which may be stamped
28	Appointment of Director and other staff
29	Power of inspection, etc
30	Forfeiture
31	Part IV to apply to inter-State Trade or commerce only
32	Use of weights only or measures only in certain cases
33	Prohibition of quotations, etc. otherwise than in terms of standard units of weights, measures or numeration
34	Any custom, usage, etc.,contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void
35	Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers
36	Approval of models
37	Licence to manufacture weights or measures when to be issued
38	Weight or measure to contain number of the approved model, etc
39	Quantities and origin of commodities in packaged fo rm to be declared
40	Definitions
41	Verification and stamping of weights and measures sent from one State to another
42	Weight or measure of the first category to be presumed to be correct throughout the territory of India
43	Weight or measure of the first category not to be sold or used in any State unless it is stamped in the transferor State
44	Weights or measures of the second category received from transferor State to be produced before the local Inspector of the transferee State
45	Procedure when any weight or measure is transferred from a transferee State to another State
46	Manufacturers, etc., who send any weight and measure to any other State to submit return to the Controller
47	Persons exporting or importing any weight or measure to get themselves registered
48	Conditions under which export of non-standard weight and measures and other goods may be made
49	Non-metric weight or measure not to be imported
50	Penalty for use of non-standard weights or measures
51	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 18
53	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 23
54	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 29
55	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 32
56	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 33
57	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 34
58	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 35
59	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 36
60	Penalty for manufacture of weights or measures unless approval of model is in force
61	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 38
62	Penalty for sale, etc. of unverified weights or measures in the course of inter-State trade or commerce
63	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 39
64	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 47
65	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 48
66	Penalty for contravention of Sec. 49
67	Penalty where no specific penalty is provided
68	Presumption to be made in certain cases
69	Penalty for personation of officials
70	Penalty for giving false information or false returns
71	Vexatious actions
72	Cognizance of offences, etc
73	Compounding of offences
74	Offences by companies and power of Court fee publish name, place of business, etc. of companies convicted
75	Provisions of Indian Penal Code not to apply to any offence punishable under this Act
76	Establishment of a Training Institute and provisions for training thereat
77	Training at other places
78	Survey and statistics
79	Conversion of non-metric weights and measures into standard units of weights or measures
80	Non-metric weight or measure not to be mentioned in any document, etc. or to form the basis of any contract after the commencement of this Act
81	Appeals
82	Levy of fees
83	Power to make rules
84	Continuance of certain weights and measures during transitional period
85	Repeal and savings

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