| Sections | Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 |
| | Preamble |
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| | CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
| 1. | Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2. | Act not to apply to inter-State trade or commerce |
| 3. | Definitions |
| 4. | Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law except the Standards Act |
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| | CHAPTER II: APPOINTMENT OF CONTROLLERS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS |
| 5. | Appointment of Controllers, Inspectors and other officers and staff |
| 6. | Power to authorise Inspector to adjust weights or measures |
| 7. | Controller and officers appointed under this Act to be public servants |
| 8. | Protection of action taken in good faith |
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| | CHAPTER III: GENERAL PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
| 9. | Prohibition of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures |
| 10. | Use of weights only or measures only in certain cases |
| 11. | Prohibition of quotations, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure |
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| | CHAPTER IV: CUSTODY AND VERIFICATION OF STANDARD EQUIPMENTS |
| 12. | Custody and verification of reference standards |
| 13. | Preparation of secondary and working standards |
| 14. | Verification, stamping and custody of secondary or working standards |
| 15. | Secondary or working standard which may not be stamped |
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| | CHAPTER V: REGISTRATION OF USERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
| 16. | Persons using weights or measures for transactions or industrial production or for protection to get themselves registered |
| 17. | Procedure of registration |
| 18. | Punishment for non-registration |
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| | CHAPTER VI: MANUFACTURE, REPAIR OR SALE OF WEIGHTS OR MEASURES |
| 19. | Prohibition on the manufacture, repair or sale of weights or measures without licence |
| 20. | Suspension and cancellation of licence |
| 21. | Manufacture of weights or measures |
| 22. | Prohibition of sale or use of unstamped weights or measures |
| 23. | Manufacturer, etc., to maintain records and registers |
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| | CHAPTER VII: VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHTS OR MEASURES |
| 24. | Verification and stamping of weights or measures |
| 25. | Display of certificate of verification |
| 26. | Validity of weights or measures duly stamped |
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| | CHAPTER VIII: INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE |
| 27. | Power to inspect |
| 28. | Power of Inspector to require production of weight or measure or records for inspection |
| 29. | Power of Inspector to enter premises |
| 30. | Power to search |
| 31. | Power of Inspector to seize any weight or measure |
| 32. | Forfeiture |
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| | CHAPTER IX: PROVISIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES IN PACKAGED FORM WITHIN THE STATE |
| 33. | Provisions of the Standards Act and the rules made there under relating to commodities in packaged form to apply to commodities in packaged form sold or distributed within the State |
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| | CHAPTER X: PROVISIONS WITH REGARD TO ANY CUSTOM OR USAGE RELATING TO THE SALE OF ANY COMMODITY, WHETHER BY QUANTITY OR NUMBER, AND SALE OF COMMODITIES BY HEAPSE |
| 34. | Custom or usage requiring delivery of additional quantities to cease |
| 35. | Sale by heaps |
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| | CHAPTER XI: OFFENCES AND PENALTIES |
| 36. | Penalty for manufacturing, etc., of non-standard weights or measures |
| 37. | Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc. |
| 38. | Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities, etc., by nonstandard weight or measure |
| 39. | Penalty for keeping non-standard weights or measures for use and for other contraventions |
| 40. | Penalty for contravention of section 10 |
| 41. | Penalty for contravention of section 11 |
| 42. | Penalty for contravention of section 19 |
| 43. | Penalty for contravention of section 20 |
| 44. | Penalty for contravention of section 21 |
| 45. | Penalty for contravention of section 22 |
| 46. | Penalty for contravention of section 23 |
| 47. | Penalty for contravention of section 24 |
| 48. | Penalty for contravention of section 28 |
| 49. | Penalty for contravention of section 29 |
| 50. | Penalty for contravention of sections 30 and 31 |
| 51. | Penalty for contravention of section 33 |
| 52. | Penalty for contravention of section 35 |
| 53. | Penalty for tampering with licence |
| 54. | Penalty for selling or delivering rejected weights and measures |
| 55. | Penalty for personation of officials |
| 56. | Penalty for giving false information or maintaining false records or registers |
| 57. | Wilful verfication or disclosure in contravention of Law |
| 58. | Vexatious search |
| 59. | Penalty for contraventions not separately provided for |
| 60. | Presumption to be made in certain cases |
| 61. | When employer to be deemed to have abetted an offence |
| 62. | Offences by companies |
| 63. | Cognizance of offences |
| 64. | Summary trial of certain offences |
| 65. | Compounding of offences |
| 66. | Provisions of Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) not to apply to any offence under this Act |
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| | CHAPTER XII: MISCELLANEOUS |
| 67. | Transfer or transmission of business |
| 68. | Licences neither saleable nor transferable |
| 69. | Appeals |
| 70. | Levy of fees |
| 71. | Delegation of powers |
| 72. | Power to make rules |
| 73. | Power of State Government to make provisions of the Standards Act relating to approval of models applicable to models of weights or measures intended to be used exclusively within the State |
| 74. | Act not to apply in certain cases |
| 75. | Repeal and savings |
