(1) This Act may be called the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
11st April, 2011, vide notification No. S.O. 210(E), dated 31st January, 2011, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii).