Now if you look at the silent features of the legal metrology act, there are followers of every unit of legal metrology weight and measure with the basic metric system. These features will be based on the following standards.
So, any other unit that was there before the existence of the length,
which is looked at as a meter, is not now recognized mass shall be the
kilogram.
That is the key that we're looking at, so whenever we buy any product,
if somebody tries to weigh with a stoner or any other thing that is illegal,
the consumer can file an immediate complaint with the legal metrology department and shall be charged for the same.
Time shall be in seconds, So, these are the basic units of measurement
that have been provided by the legal metrology act.
Any other measurement that somebody claims or any organisation claims is
illegal if it does not have these basic measurements, should be informed to the
Legal metrology department. (Read also:
Who needs to get Registered under Legal Metrology?
The second most important thing is the declaration under the legal
metrology rules. Any commodity that is packed has to have certain LMPC declarations on the package. The legal
metrology registration of a manufacturer, packer, or importer of packed
commodities is mandatory.
Anybody who wants to manufacture, pack or import any prepackaged
commodity has to register himself under the registration for importer of weights and measures.
Any importer who wants to import anything relating to weights and
measures has to also register himself under the act of probation on
manufacturer repair and sale of weights and measures without licences.
Every product, every weight and measure that is repaired or sold or
manufactured has to be addressed by licensed variant machine treatments.
Further without model approval and manufacturing licence no one is allowed to
sell the product in the Indian Market.
Manufacturers or importers of the commodity may have a large number of
instruments, but if they are not approved by the Legal Metrology Department or
they do not have a manufacturing licence, they are not allowed to sell, and it
will be an illegal verification, stamping of weights and measures.
What is the need for verified weights and measures?
Every weight and measure has to be verified and stamped. Unless it is
stamped, it is not illegal and it cannot be taken for granted.
Using unverified weights and measures is a true offence and penalties
have also been provided under the act.
The Power of Central Government under Legal Metrology
The Central government has various powers under Indian Legal Metrology
System such as:
Compounding of cases against the offence, as the offences are
Compoundable, and the offender just have to pay the penalty. The Central Government graded the penalty under legal metrology.
The central government has the rulemaking power to protect consumers in
their day-to-day lives when they buy a product.
Keep an eye on the compliance of the packaged commodity rules of 2011.
Every state requires a number of mandatory declarations to be made on every package, so whenever a consumer buys any package, he has to see if it should be packed with commodities.
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