1 - Short title, extent and commencement.
2 - Definitions.
3 - Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law.
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4 - Units of weights and measures to be based on metric system.
5 - Base unit of weights and measures.
6 - Base unit of numeration.
7 - Standard units of weights and measures.
8 - Standard weight, measures or numeral.
9 - Reference, secondary and working standard.
10 - Use of weight or measure for particular purposes.
11 - Prohibition of quotation, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration.
12 - Any custom, usage, etc., contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void.
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13 - Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees.
14 - Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees.
15 - Power of inspection, seizure, etc.
16 - Forfeiture.
17 - Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers.
18 - Declarations on prepackaged commodities.
19 - Registration for importer of weight or measure.
20 - Non-standard weights and measures not to be imported.
21 - Training in Legal Metrology.
22 - Approval of model.
23 - Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence.
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24 - Verification and stamping of weight or measure.
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25 - Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure.
26 - Penalty for alteration of weight and measure.
27 - Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure.
28 - Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards.
29 - Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units.
30 - Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure.
31 - Penalty for non-production of documents, etc.
32 - Penalty for failure to get model approved.
33 - Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure.
34 - Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure.
35 - Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number.
36 - Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages.
37 - Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre.
38 - Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure.
39 - Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure.
40 - Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer.
41 - Penalty for giving false information or false return.
42 - Vexatious search.
43 - Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules.
44 - Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc.
45 - Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence.
46 - Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence.
47 - Penalty for tampering with licence.
48 - Compounding of offences.
49 - Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted.
50 - Appeals.
51 - Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply.
52 - Power of the Central Government to make rules.
53 - Power of State Government to make rules.
54 - Delegation of Powers.
55 - Act not to apply in certain cases.
56 - Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed.
57 - Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985.
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