Rule 2 has clauses (a) to (s), including later inserted clauses (aa), (bb), (bc), (bd), (be) and (bf). Key points: a manufacturer includes anyone who puts their mark on a product as if they made it; a packer pre-packs in units suitable for sale; a retail package is for sale to the ultimate...
Read Complete Guide →Every measuring instrument used or intended to be used in any transaction or for protection must conform, as regards physical characteristics, configuration, constructional details, materials, performance and tolerances, to the corresponding specification in the Eighth Schedule (rule 13(2)). The...
Rule 14 says that "the procedure for carrying out calibration of vehicle tanks, etc. shall be as is specified in Ninth Schedule". The Ninth Schedule has three Parts: calibration of vehicle tanks for petroleum products and other liquids (Part I); method for calibration of vertical oil storage tanks...
A manufacturer or dealer of weights or measures who intends to import them applies to the Director, through the Controller of the State where he carries on business, in the form in the Tenth Schedule (rule 15(1)). The application goes with the fee in the Twelfth Schedule and must reach the Director...
Every manufacturer, repairer or dealer of weights or measures covered by section 17(1) must maintain a register in the appropriate form in the Eleventh Schedule (rule 24(1)). The Director may, by order, exempt a particular maker, manufacturer, dealer or repairer from that duty, having regard to the...
Rule 25: the scale of fees for the services listed in column (2) of the Twelfth Schedule is the rate in column (3). The Twelfth Schedule lists six services: approval of model, verification and stamping, copies of documents, importer registration or renewal, and two kinds of appeal. Rule 26: any...
Every company must inform the Director (Legal Metrology), or the concerned Controller, or his authorised officer, by notice in duplicate in the Thirteenth Schedule format, giving the name and address of the director nominated under section 49(2), after obtaining that director's written consent. The...
Offences under section 25, sections 27 to 39, section 41 (added in 2023), sections 45 to 47 and rules under section 52(3) can be compounded, before or after prosecution, on payment of a prescribed sum. The Director compounds 25, 27 to 39, 41 and rules under 52(3); the Controller compounds 25, 27 to...
When a company commits an offence, the company and the "person responsible" are deemed guilty. The person responsible is the director nominated under section 49(2); if nobody is nominated, every person in charge of and responsible for the business when the offence was committed. A person escapes if...
An appeal lies against decisions and orders under sections 15 to 20, 22, 25, 27 to 39, 41 and rules under section 52(3) (Central side), and sections 15 to 18, 23 to 25, 27 to 37, 45 to 47 and rules under section 53(3) (State side). File within sixty days of the order; the appellate authority may...
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