Sections | Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 |
PART I: Provisions Applicable to every Part | |
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3. | Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law |
PART II: Establishment of Standards of Weights and Measures | |
CHAPTER I: Standard Units | |
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CHAPTER II: Physical Representation of Standard Units | |
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19. | Power to Central Government to prescribe physical characteristics, etc., of weights and measures |
CHAPTER III: Standard Weights and Measures | |
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CHAPTER IV: Custody and Verification of Standard Equipments | |
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26. | Verification, stamping, etc. of secondary or working standards |
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PART III: Appointment and Powers of Director and other Staff | |
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PART IV: Inter-State Trade or Commerce in Weight, Measure or other Goods | |
CHAPTER I: Applicability of this Part | |
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CHAPTER II: General | |
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34. | Any custom, usage, etc, contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void |
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CHAPTER III: Approval of Models | |
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37. | Licence to manufacture weights or measures when to be issued |
38. | Weight or measure to contain number of the approved model, etc. |
CHAPTER IV: Commodities in packaged form intended to be sold or distributed in the course of inter-State trade or commerce | |
39. | Quantities and origin of commodities in packaged form to be declared |
CHAPTER V: Verification and Stamping of Weights and Measures sent from one State to another | |
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41. | Verification and stamping of weights and measures sent from one State to another |
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45. | Procedure when any weight or measure is transferred from a transferee State to another State |
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PART V: Import and Export of Weights and Measures | |
CHAPTER I: Registration of Exporters and importers | |
47. | Persons exporting or importing any weight or measure to get themselves registered |
CHAPTER II: Export and Import of Weights, Measures and Commodities in Packaged Form | |
48. | Conditions under which export of non-standard weights and measures and other goods may be made |
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PART VI: Offences and their Trial | |
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60. | Penalty for manufacture of weights or measures unless approval of model is in force |
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75. | Provisions of Indian Penal Code not to apply to any offence punishable under this Act |
PART VII: Training Institute | |
76. | Establishment of Training Institute and provisions for training there at |
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Miscellaneous | |
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79. | Conversion of non-metric weights and measures into standard units of weights or measures |
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84. | Continuance of certain weights and measures during transitional period |
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Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
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