tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4510577519936235502024-03-13T16:42:08.599+05:30Legal Metrology IndiaELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-69162616130471108562022-11-15T16:11:00.004+05:302022-11-15T16:11:58.895+05:30International Organisation of Legal Metrology<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6BIl_HyunT1w1aKW2Y0RxxKxJnxNabHyRglg8PZoO_mroZY3kWDu2djPCZzsXP3rndVqM-XhOJcq823TqmGc1j8BXXhUAb9TAKSx-o7Csr-dID-pCGG8-TH56sUMg10nbx2qQVghqE6JVrBYbnzWx6NXF_LPXGXEPi8dzX3AvJ27ClzMiMy-OgQnHA/s811/International%20Organisation%20of%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="International Organisation of Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6BIl_HyunT1w1aKW2Y0RxxKxJnxNabHyRglg8PZoO_mroZY3kWDu2djPCZzsXP3rndVqM-XhOJcq823TqmGc1j8BXXhUAb9TAKSx-o7Csr-dID-pCGG8-TH56sUMg10nbx2qQVghqE6JVrBYbnzWx6NXF_LPXGXEPi8dzX3AvJ27ClzMiMy-OgQnHA/w512-h306/International%20Organisation%20of%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" title="International Organisation of Legal Metrology" width="512" /></a></div><b>Introduction</b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Legal Metrology is well known for the application of legal requirements to measurement and measuring instruments. We all are very much aware that legal metrology has a wide role in the entire world wherever we talk about the weights and measurement. It is always covered under Legal Metrology.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It also plays a wide range of scope and important parts in the field of economics and Society of every country. The Indian Legal Metrology system protects the rights of the consumer in the same way the Legal Metrology system on the international level provides the safeguard to the interests of the consumer and keeps a regular check on the businesses whether it's on online mode or whether the consumer is buying the product directly from the manufacturer, importer, a trader of the commodity. (Read also: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/international-studies-on-legal-metrology/" target="_blank">International Studies on Legal Metrology</a>)</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Legal Metrology for Measurements</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">It is an application of legal requirements for two measurement and measuring instruments. Very often small errors in either direction average out over a large number of measurements we can find but the biassed error can create considerable financial prejudice and can have serious economic consequences for the consumer. To protect against errors and fraud the legislation of measurement and measuring instruments is required and virtually all countries provide such protections by indicating metrology in their legislation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>International Importance of Measurement</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Measurements are playing such an important role in our day-to-day lives we often take them for granted and sometimes we don't even realise how important measurement is for us. Here we are going to tell the importance of measurement on the international level visit place in everyone's life, such as:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Importance in Medical Check up</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">People undergo medical checks to make sure that they're healthy. Such medical checks are not possible without the measurement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>To Measure the speed of a Vehicle</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Anyone can monitor the speed at which the person drives to ensure safety and thus reduce the casualties, search monitoring speed is not possible without the measurement. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">When going to the offices or for having an appointment, be punctual for the time and satellite positioning system to pinpoint anyone's location. It's just not possible without the measurement. It is part of the measurement and plays an important role in everyone's life.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>To know the Quantity of Fuel</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Whenever any consumer fills the car with fuel by volume the information about the fuel and its quantity can be gained by the way of measurement only. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Every one of us consumes electricity, water, and gas which are billed based on measurements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Use of Measurement in Buying Eatables</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">People while buying meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables by weight can get to know about their weight only because of this system of weights and measurements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Helpful in Treatment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The best example of the importance of measurement can detect the incorrect radiation doses in cancer treatment can have a direct critical effect on our health which is detected on time and can be cured only because of the measurement system.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Legislation on measurement and measuring instruments is required in all the above cases as well as there are many other examples of measurement which is the inner need to protect both the buyer and the seller in any transaction which is to be a commercial.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Measurements are used to apply ascension however virtually all countries protect by including metrology in their legislation hence the term Legal Metrology is built up.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog:</b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/11/new-rules-which-have-been-framed-under.html" target="_blank">New Rules Which Have Been Framed Under the Legal Metrology Act</a></b></span></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-90349079826729749602022-11-09T17:55:00.000+05:302022-11-09T17:55:47.578+05:30New Rules Which Have Been Framed Under the Legal Metrology Act<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O9lZ9F9Vkr8JlzkaxhKava6NhyekmsVXt9ufB1lSP8Buq7QVSbr2R3K5Ntv7STZ-KX0EsSfJhz60xD_rPwI3uADhXovJgR8dHOgY0VuLIYfztrTwVYboOfsOLVhs_u1fqRVeyr-EsuiGA1nJEg9azKs9uAYP0wYNy5kbsx45CQ7fdxTpmvvPhDFt2w/s811/New%20Rules%20Which%20Have%20Been%20Framed%20Under%20the%20Legal%20Metrology%20Act%2009-11-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New Rules Which Have Been Framed Under the Legal Metrology Act" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O9lZ9F9Vkr8JlzkaxhKava6NhyekmsVXt9ufB1lSP8Buq7QVSbr2R3K5Ntv7STZ-KX0EsSfJhz60xD_rPwI3uADhXovJgR8dHOgY0VuLIYfztrTwVYboOfsOLVhs_u1fqRVeyr-EsuiGA1nJEg9azKs9uAYP0wYNy5kbsx45CQ7fdxTpmvvPhDFt2w/w504-h301/New%20Rules%20Which%20Have%20Been%20Framed%20Under%20the%20Legal%20Metrology%20Act%2009-11-2022.jpg" title="New Rules Which Have Been Framed Under the Legal Metrology Act" width="504" /></a></div><b><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p>Rules under the Act</b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are several rules have been framed under the act by the way of amendments and various changes, some of the amended rules we are going to discuss and given below:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rules Related to The Package of Commodity </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pre-packaged commodities defined under the act as a commodity without the purchaser being present are placed in a package of whatever nature whether it is sealed or not so that the product contained herein is a predetermined quantity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As per the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/packer-manufacturer-registration/" target="_blank">legal metrology packaging rules</a></b>, there is a mandatory <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/declaration-required-under-packaged-commodities-rules-2011-of-legal-metrology/" target="_blank">LMPC declaration</a></b> that has to be made on every package which is given below: </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Country origin in case of imported packages.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Month and year of manufacture pack import.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Retail sale price in form of maximum retail price inclusive of all the taxes.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Customer care number.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Net quantity in terms of standard units of weight or measures or numbers.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Month and year of manufacture/ back/ or import of the commodity.</li></ol><p></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Rules Related to Model Approval</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">The new rules related to <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/model-approval/" target="_blank">model approval legal metrology</a></b> have been laid down which are as follows:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Some of the equipment like brass, bullions, or carat weight or any be midscale, length measure this should not be measuring tapes and which are ordinary use in retail trade for measuring textiles or timber capacity measures not exceeding 12-litre incapacity are not required to obtain model approval.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">However, any manufacturer or importer of vain canned measuring equipment which is prescribed under the Act 2009 and rules made their render are required to take the approval of the Government of India before manufacturing or importing such measuring equipment.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Rules Related to the Indian Institute of Legal Metrology</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Indian Institute of Legal Metrology having its branches in various states of India. All the Legal Metrology institutes is a training institute for providing training in the field of Legal Metrology to all the Legal Metrology officers of union territories, the union of India, states, under the administrative control of the legal metrology department.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, under these rules provision regarding courses to be imparted at the institute has obligatory functions of the institute which includes the qualification of a person to be eligible for admission in the institute in a prescribed manner.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Rules Related to Government-Approved Test Center rules, 2013</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/gatc-legal-metrology-lab-set-up/" target="_blank">Government-Approved Test Center</a> rules are framed for the approval of GATC establishment by the private person for the verification of some of the weights and measures in addition to the verification done by the state government officers. The weights and measures prescribed under rules for verification by GATC are as follows: </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Water Meter</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Sphygmomanometer</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Clinical thermometer</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Automatic rail weighbridges</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Tape measures</li><li style="text-align: justify;">No automatic weighing measuring instrument of accuracy class three class 4, load sales, beam sales.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Counter machine.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Weights of all categories.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The state government is also framed there are state legal metrology enforcement rules for the implementation of Act 2009.</li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/11/national-measurement-system.html">National Measurement System</a></span></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-51195002468565562382022-11-07T17:17:00.006+05:302022-11-07T17:17:58.142+05:30National Measurement System <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FdI--HaCQvkZNv_AbJHcQDCjBLs8Pj0_hEzQ0tQs5JhViPlgnw0cshhBx0N1Ojq18xqHVvwEVs5Us0_Y0-wIrBQ950MlagJoVhGtr3sWm4t53MMV6GELPEmSDKqP4Y3rXS4jF0opGloidQ1v5eJZ015agzf6ihmzdZznleGe3YmU-J0xKnJmQvf8Wg/s811/National%20Measurement%20System%2007-11-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="National Measurement System" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_FdI--HaCQvkZNv_AbJHcQDCjBLs8Pj0_hEzQ0tQs5JhViPlgnw0cshhBx0N1Ojq18xqHVvwEVs5Us0_Y0-wIrBQ950MlagJoVhGtr3sWm4t53MMV6GELPEmSDKqP4Y3rXS4jF0opGloidQ1v5eJZ015agzf6ihmzdZznleGe3YmU-J0xKnJmQvf8Wg/w512-h305/National%20Measurement%20System%2007-11-2022.jpg" title="National Measurement System" width="512" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The wide application of measurement after World war was prompted by the development of electronic technologies and anti-physical measurement into a wide range of new applications with a proliferation of industry-based units for physical quantities. However, a major advance in bringing coherence to this highly diverse and fragmented system was the adoption in 1960 of the international system of units (SI) that established a single unit for each physical quantity fully.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">There was also a massive expansion in expenditure on measurement-related activities indicating that the expenditure on measurement by industry, government, and the community was a certain percentage and sectorial measurement intensity that is the expenditure on measurement-related activities as the percentage of the total expenditure of sector expenditure. Major users including government, trade, electric gas, and water utilities were included. (Read also: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-department-functions-for-the-economy/" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Department Functions for the Economy</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The responsibility for the control of the nation's measurement system is poorly centralized and it is possible that this diffusion is healthy for the development of viable measurements.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further, it is probably impossible to coalesce the nation's diverse measurement requirements into a single pattern. However, the quantity of the scientific measurement now required by the measurement intensive law and regulations are piling up while many of the desirable physical and statistical characteristics of good measurement methods and associated measurement systems are being given short shrift.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The result is that the quantity of the many scientific measurements is suspect and the time appears ripe for the review of the adequacy of our present approach to scientific measurement.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Legal Metrology in Trade</h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>From its beginning measurement was recognized as a provider of object information however when used in trade transactions where the measurement process lacked transparency and there was asymmetry of information between the trader providing the measurement and the trader accepting these measurements.</li><li>The purchaser in a retail transaction, the producer in farm produce transaction and the smaller business and commercial transaction were considerable scopes of uncertainty disputation transaction cost and market efficiency.</li><li>These transaction costs can result from concern about the accuracy of measurement, that is the short measurement, consistency of the measurement example paying more than the other customers.</li><li>The effective state is vital for the provision of the rules and institutions that allow the market to flourish without its sustainable development both economically and socially is quite impossible which is especially being taken care of by the legal metrology department of the country.</li></ol><div><b>Read Related Blog</b>: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/11/economic-analysis-of-national.html">Economic Analysis of National Measurement System</a></span></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-59013558752425672172022-11-05T17:25:00.003+05:302022-11-05T17:25:43.374+05:30Economic Analysis of National Measurement System <p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0H5Te_8-vHQd3oolysNSPN8A9dWjoosLqRIr1t_6OeZU24nEvNHdxgCZtiy5cLziWQdGZYsNh9TS8PidxuUc1bomVpCWaziWlG3DHAt8maC8R_Qct-kK42x5xA1R34Zu-YLuMrSLAtY-dg7mahh536zB75xKQsTmVIIU9v5O5y5o8YI85IyRizdDs-Q/s811/Economic%20Analysis%20of%20National%20Measurement%20System%2005-11-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Economic Analysis of National Measurement System" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0H5Te_8-vHQd3oolysNSPN8A9dWjoosLqRIr1t_6OeZU24nEvNHdxgCZtiy5cLziWQdGZYsNh9TS8PidxuUc1bomVpCWaziWlG3DHAt8maC8R_Qct-kK42x5xA1R34Zu-YLuMrSLAtY-dg7mahh536zB75xKQsTmVIIU9v5O5y5o8YI85IyRizdDs-Q/w534-h318/Economic%20Analysis%20of%20National%20Measurement%20System%2005-11-2022.jpg" title="Economic Analysis of National Measurement System" width="534" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Introduction</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">An analysis of the total measurement system, especially in
the quantitative benefit-cost is bound to fail since our modern society could
not function without a systematic way of acquiring measurement data; the value
of having a measurement system is incapable. In this article we are going to
discuss the role of <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-for-weight-and-measurement-items/" target="_blank">legal metrology weights and measures</a> </b>for economic
analysis.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Legal Metrology for
the Market Economy </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Many governments have moved to the market economy approach
to providing government service with a change to emphasize from output to
outcomes. As a result, there is a need to provide a measure of benefits of
government programs both to support and justify budgetary allocation to
prioritize expenditure between components of a program is an initiative of the
legal metrology system.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal Metrology weight measurement</b> has considered the
approaches adopted by different Metrology institutions for quantifying the
economic benefits of metrology. Consideration will now be given to the
different approaches that have been adopted to assessing the economic impact on
the followings:<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">The national measurement system. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">The trade measurement system. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">The Specific function of metrology authorities. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Trade measurement industrial sector. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">Regulatory measurements. </li><li style="text-align: justify;">International recommendations. </li></ol><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Legal Metrology for
Measurement</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The public collectively has a good characteristic of measurement and identifies several areas where reliance on the private sector could result in a misallocation of resources. The goods of public characteristics also create difficulties in conducting cost benefit analysis for measurement resource allocation and the report suggests that cost effective analysis that is comparing the cost of alternative ways of achieving a specific predetermining goal may be more useful analysis as per the legal methodology which tells its contribution to the public and to the economic system of the country.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Considering a number of micro studies of the cost and benefits from the perspective of physical scientists and this specific measurement function an alternative approach would be in the form of perspective of the user or the buyer in particular the consumer and notes that measurement problems for the consumer probably encompass most types of physical measurement. (Read also: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-department-functions-for-the-economy/" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Department Functions for the Economy</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Economic Role of
Measurement</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">First comprehensive estimate of the economic role of
measurement has been quoted widely for its estimate of the economic benefit of
measurement. The information provided on measurement incident intensity in the
industry sector was also of great interest.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">At various intervals of time the several survey information
has been collected on the measurement labor intensity in each industry sector
such as the economy sector, social sector etc. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Economic of
Measurement in the Natural Gas Industry</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The study of the economics of measurement in the natural gas industry has examined measurement issues within the gas supply from the transport stage to delivery to the final consumer.</li><li>The gas market is moving towards increased market liberalization which calls for interoperability and simplification of rules, ever increasing gas to gas competition and this new market environment is creating additional demand for measurement services.</li><li>The natural gas industry, manufacturer of gas measurement equipment and national metrology industries plays an important role in the Indian economic system for which the interest is maintained and getting the safeguard from the Legal Metrology system of India.</li><li>Many of the economics studies on regulatory measurement have been focused on those measurements as technical barriers to trade and have evaluated the benefits of these measurements.</li></ol><div>Read Related Blog: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/11/legal-metrology-benefits-to-indian.html" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Benefits to Indian Economy</a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p>
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Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-26601388080612552832022-11-03T16:34:00.001+05:302022-11-03T16:34:31.232+05:30Legal Metrology Benefits to Indian Economy <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPOn6SRWH2IhWj-TD6rVFChhO0vIypFH4gpfnr_PKllPQ6dCYToePeWgNsvEGo79f-ayHNH58i-WgL1d-_PqzKplGb2Q3vE2fKbPcBJHM3Wf-9jKeumemQIbrey2_HqMrukP5XSXsQtB-I1SrgWv8TlEajhF0jp5c7oFUCe-QnMdh7EWth3HpxykybA/s811/Legal%20Metrology%20Benefits%20to%20Indian%20Economy%2002-11-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Legal Metrology Benefits to Indian Economy" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGPOn6SRWH2IhWj-TD6rVFChhO0vIypFH4gpfnr_PKllPQ6dCYToePeWgNsvEGo79f-ayHNH58i-WgL1d-_PqzKplGb2Q3vE2fKbPcBJHM3Wf-9jKeumemQIbrey2_HqMrukP5XSXsQtB-I1SrgWv8TlEajhF0jp5c7oFUCe-QnMdh7EWth3HpxykybA/w553-h330/Legal%20Metrology%20Benefits%20to%20Indian%20Economy%2002-11-2022.jpg" title="Legal Metrology Benefits to Indian Economy" width="553" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">There are various benefits to the Indian economy of legal metrology as protecting the rights of the consumer plays an important role in the market and if the consumer has confidence in the product and trusts the product it will ultimately increase the economic system of the country and have a positive impact on this thing. Here we are going to discuss a few of the major points where the Indian economy is getting the benefits of the legal metrology system in the country. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;">Legal Metrology has Increased Compliances</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">The measuring instruments used for regulatory purposes are able to provide continuous monitoring and greatly increase the probability of appreciation. (Read also: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/importance-of-legal-metrology-in-the-economic-system-of-country/" target="_blank">Importance of Legal Metrology in the Economic System of Country</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The legal metrology object of the measurement also provides enhanced acceptance by the industry and the community which provides the great advantage to the economic system of the country.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Benefits to the Policy Options</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Regulations by the legal metrology can provide the cost-effective solution to a wide range of communities issued by social engineering.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The application of radar is speech devices and breathalyzers have had a marked impact in changing the behaviour of car drivers and reducing the road toll. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">An alternative policy option of road construction to avoid accidents would be much more costly but due to the legal metrology it has become easier and less costly while detecting the people who are driving at a higher speed or having a vehicle overweight.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal Metrology for the Sound Evidential Basis for the Measurement </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The legal metrology theory can provide a sound evidential basis for the regulatory measurement by providing for certification of standards, measuring instruments, measurements, and reference material under national measurement legislation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal Metrology for Measuring Instruments</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">International recommendations provide a level playing field for sale of appropriate measuring instruments.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">OIML international recommendation provides confidence in the instrument being fit for purpose and establishes a level playing field for the manufacturer and seller of the instruments.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal metrology for Global Regulatory Agreements</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">International recommendations support global regulatory agreements The <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/oiml-certification/" target="_blank">OIML international</a> recommendation provides confidence in the global consistency of a wide range of environmental and health and safety measurements that are different in international treaties, for example greenhouse gas emissions. (Read also: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.mystrikingly.com/blog/benefits-of-legal-metrology-act" target="_blank">Benefits of Legal Metrology Act</a>)</span></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Which area of Economics gets the Benefits of Legal Metrology? </h3><p style="text-align: justify;">There are several areas of economics which get the several benefits of legal metrology as technomics gets the support and backing of legal metrology. As every person while dealing in the Indian market and with the consumer of the country have to comply with all the rules and regulations of the legal metrology act only after fulfilling all the compliances the person can deal with the consumer within the territory of India which ultimately build the confidence in the customer and resolved to the great Indian economic system. There are various areas which deal with the Indian economic system at the same time get the safeguard from the legal metrology system of India. Some of them are named below:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>legal metrology system reduces disputation and transaction cost </li><li>legal metrology protects the interest of the consumer. </li><li>Level playing field of commerce. </li><li>It provides an effective stock control system. </li><li>It helped in detecting and controlling defraud and offense in the Indian market.</li><li>it keeps an eye and a proper check in the import and export of the commodity.</li><li>It provides support to the global trade in measuring instruments. </li><li>It also helps in regulatory metrology. </li><li>It provides the international recommendations level playing field for the sale of appropriate measuring instruments. </li></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">International recommendations support global regulatory agreements also covered under legal metrology.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-is-not-allowed-on-declarations.html" target="_blank">What is not allowed on the Declarations under Legal Metrology?</a></b></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-88123120699036045652022-11-01T11:50:00.000+05:302022-11-01T11:50:00.504+05:30What is not allowed on the Declarations under Legal Metrology?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijMfjQcdxO_s6tqKLLjGuUO-OaPY5lnpwkksQLQ-iNPzE2coTOtZx4qJgSRDxjoIj4MDpXyT2TDnGE9vIsmlWn9OUdUdNlmjjzhYGEITMVP3LGFh0cxyenqhU7aSj0naC3-Gqjk6p4M41CN9tnX1rhnP6s4kCBfJzPTuqazH7QZ_FaPcLUdzqi9T1A/s811/What%20is%20not%20allowed%20on%20the%20Declarations%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2029-10-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What is not allowed on the Declarations under Legal Metrology?" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiijMfjQcdxO_s6tqKLLjGuUO-OaPY5lnpwkksQLQ-iNPzE2coTOtZx4qJgSRDxjoIj4MDpXyT2TDnGE9vIsmlWn9OUdUdNlmjjzhYGEITMVP3LGFh0cxyenqhU7aSj0naC3-Gqjk6p4M41CN9tnX1rhnP6s4kCBfJzPTuqazH7QZ_FaPcLUdzqi9T1A/w551-h328/What%20is%20not%20allowed%20on%20the%20Declarations%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2029-10-2022.jpg" title="What is not allowed on the Declarations under Legal Metrology?" width="551" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Introduction</b></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There are lots of declarations under legal metrology which play an important role and the same has been discussed by us earlier as well. In this article, we are going to discuss some important points and facts which are not allowed on the declaration made and which are important for every manufacturer, packer, importer, and dealer of the legal metrology packaged commodity rules to comply with</span><span style="text-align: justify;">.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What are the Changes which are not allowed on the Declarations?</span></h2><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Many dealers, the manufacturer have been found guilty of making the changes in the declaration on the packages to earn wrongful gain and to harm the interest of the consumer. By considering such a situation and to stop such acts, the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department/" target="_blank">legal metrology department</a></b> has specified that no person is allowed to make such changes to the declaration of packages and if anyone is found guilty to do so, he will be liable to get punished with fine, imprisonment, or both. Below we have discussed the things which are not allowed to be done by any manufacturer, packer, seller, importer, or dealer of the commodity. (Read also: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/what-are-the-advantages-of-the-legal-metrology-act/" target="_blank">What are the advantages of the Legal Metrology Act?</a>)</p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Putting the Sticker on the Declaration</h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>It is not allowed to put any sticker on the declaration made on the packages, or</li><li>Put over any of the marketing that is prescribed under the legal metrology rules.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Delivering Less Quantity to Consumer<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">That if anyone delivers less quantity to the consumer it is a violation of provisions of the legal metrology act and rules and is a punishable offense.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Charge more than MRP</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">No trader can charge more than MRP. It'll be an offense and he will be prosecuted in a court of law.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Sticker on the Printed MRP</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">No Packer, trader, or manufacturer can paste any sticker on the printed MRP. If any person does so, he will be charged with a heavy fine. (Read also: <a href="https://www.quora.com/profile/ELT-Corporate-Pvt-Ltd/Legal-Metrology-Transaction-Protection" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Transaction & Protection</a>)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Manner of Declaration to be made on the package</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There is a particular manner of declaration to be made on the package such as: <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>The declaration on the package disclosing the MRP or the amount charged in rupees, such declaration shall be made on the area of the display of at least 40% of the total area on the package. On the other 40% of the total area should have all these declarations.</li><li>The size of letters should be double on small packs, and </li><li>The size of a letter should be 1.5 times on bigger packs so the font size is bigger and the consumer can read the net quantity.</li><li>Checking is more scientific and barcoding has to also be there but it is voluntary.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Complaint by a Consumer under Legal Metrology</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The act provides for a mechanism to redress consumer preferences if a violation by a trader takes place the consumer may proceed to file a complaint </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">at the first nodal officer or </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">legal metrology at the state or </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The unitary with the following information: </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Complete address</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Phone number</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">E-mail of trader</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Name of commodity and</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Quantity purchase</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Proof of purchase</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">You need to have your bill and invoice</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Serial Number of Rating scale used for being if shopkeeper refuses to give the details Photograph of the shop.</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Where a Consumer can File a Complaint?</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Product purchase will also be provided and uploaded with the company and required now that it is in the first state. In the second stage, which we called as the second tier the consumer can file a complaint at the district forum.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Under the Consumer Protection Act, every district has a jurisdiction to take complaints of up to 20 lakhs.</li><li>Complaints can be filed with state commissions where complaints up to Rs. One crore.</li><li>Complaints amounting to more than Rs. One Crore can be filed with the National Commission.</li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal Metrology for Consumer</b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>This is what the legal metrology act provides. It provides for the basic understanding of a consumer what type of weights and measures he needs to look at when he is buying a product. </li><li>It tells about the basic information that the consumer should see on the package of the commodity.</li><li>The act tells in case of fraud where a consumer can file a complaint and where he should go and give the information to the legal metrology officer at the local level.</li><li>It provides you the way to go and file a complaint under the consumer protection right.</li></ul><div><b>Read Related Blog</b>: <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/date-of-implementation-under-legal.html" target="">Date Of Implementation Under Legal Metrology</a></b></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-72281819089922193592022-10-19T16:12:00.003+05:302022-10-19T16:12:15.895+05:30Date Of Implementation Under Legal Metrology <p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyF8s3uaUYC2lJkYq_mUrqZANfeknDZn7t1ss2nq74qFwCw8im3ah1kj7XDEp0ECn-HQTClqZwV-GvvXgXRRR4J-_STJVTBaptbcx8HxSk-DbaVM7sh3asfhpJpGTT2XR3sn-jvrQ5N_F8Q1mAm547iOnHxsHmoZSom71bmus0Ebwr0pPjmR-2TyuJw/s811/date%20of%20implementation%20under%20legal%20metrology%2018-10-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyF8s3uaUYC2lJkYq_mUrqZANfeknDZn7t1ss2nq74qFwCw8im3ah1kj7XDEp0ECn-HQTClqZwV-GvvXgXRRR4J-_STJVTBaptbcx8HxSk-DbaVM7sh3asfhpJpGTT2XR3sn-jvrQ5N_F8Q1mAm547iOnHxsHmoZSom71bmus0Ebwr0pPjmR-2TyuJw/w533-h318/date%20of%20implementation%20under%20legal%20metrology%2018-10-2022.jpg" width="533" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Introduction</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As we all are aware that there is a requirement for changes from time to time to make proper coordination with a world which is moving faster. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In the era of technologies and the dependency of the public on online portals, it is becoming difficult to keep an eye on the people who can conduct fraud with the consumer at any point of time at any place. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">To meet all the necessary requirements, it is necessary to make amendments to the law to keep it more effective and full of its efficiency. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Various amendments have taken place in the act for the betterment and to protect the rights and interests of the consumer as well as businesses which includes all the small and large vendors, companies, and e-commerce portals/ websites. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In this article, we are going to discuss the amendments in the act and the implementation of such amendments along with their notification and the date of implementation.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Notification Dated 2nd Nov, 2021</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">Vide notification dated November 2nd, 2021, the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution had notified the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-packaged-commodities-rules/" target="_blank">legal metrology packaged commodities</a></b> amendment rules 2011. As per the amended rules of 2011, the following amendments were introduced and the same word came into force on the 1st April 2022:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The unit price is to be declared on the package along with the MRP in India.</li><li>Packages grouped together for retail sale must comply with each mandatory declaration.</li><li>Format prescribing the manner in which unit prices are to be declared on every package.</li></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Further the department of the ministry of consumer affairs, food, and public distribution vide its notification dated 28th March 2022 amended the <b>legal metrology packaged rules</b> 2021. However, the same came into force from 1st October 2022. According to which the following amendments have to be effective:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The unit sale price in rupees, rounded off to the nearest two decimal places and the same shall be declared on every pre-packaged commodity as followings:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Per centimeter where the net length is less than 1 meter and per meter where the net length is more than 1 meter,</li><li>Per gram where net quantity is less than one kilogram and per kilogram where net quantity is more than one kilogram,</li><li>Per milliliter where net volume is less than one liter and per liter where net volume is more than one liter.</li><li>Per number or unit if any item is sold by number or unit.</li></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, the state excise laws and the rules made thereunder shall be applicable within their state in the case of the packages containing alcoholic beverages or spirituous Liquor in any particular state.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The second schedule which specifies the quantities of commodities by weights and measures or numbers has been omitted under the amended rules.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">No prosecution will be initiated against the manufacturer or Packer or importer of pre-packaged commodities for making a declaration with effect from the first of April 2022 in accordance with <b>legal metrology packaged commodities rules 2021</b>.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Current Scenario of Legal Metrology</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Ministry of consumer affairs, food, and public distribution vide its notification dated September 30th, 2022 has notified the <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-amended-rules-2022/" target="_blank">legal metrology packaged commodity amended rules 2022</a>. However, the said rule further amends rule one sub-rule 2 for the figure, letters, and words vide notification dated October 1st, 2022 and, substitutes the same with the day 1st December 2022.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The above-mentioned amendments implies that the amendments as prescribed in the legal metrology packaged commodity rule 2021 shall now be effective from 1st December 2022.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/importance-of-declaration-on-packages.html" target="_blank">Importance of Declaration on Packages</a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-17993378569782960252022-10-14T15:57:00.004+05:302022-10-14T15:57:41.897+05:30Importance of Declaration on Packages<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE90DZXP2o_lntRJ5kp2jCUspBMFVVYWtCt-nOhkYxXuaBf0Ry0FdR16rU8tajBLncgvIljLpcJJvQ_oYNKoFYYKdfC1zdGkT8gu5BrVfoHQGVAK7oPEJnNmVfKz8VJgMRw3tWHi8rym1gZVLFjEPNtyIaK3vJuK3t-2GtuRXmXZL7cICUfkozSbf3OQ/s811/Importance%20of%20Declaration%20on%20Packages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Importance of Declaration on Packages" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE90DZXP2o_lntRJ5kp2jCUspBMFVVYWtCt-nOhkYxXuaBf0Ry0FdR16rU8tajBLncgvIljLpcJJvQ_oYNKoFYYKdfC1zdGkT8gu5BrVfoHQGVAK7oPEJnNmVfKz8VJgMRw3tWHi8rym1gZVLFjEPNtyIaK3vJuK3t-2GtuRXmXZL7cICUfkozSbf3OQ/w544-h325/Importance%20of%20Declaration%20on%20Packages.jpg" title="Importance of Declaration on Packages" width="544" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Declaration on packages is the most important part to check while purchasing the product. It is concerned with protecting the interest of the consumer. The importance of declarations on every packed commodity that is available in the market will help the consumer to know the followings:</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">from where the product has come from,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">what is the price of the product,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">what is the customer care number,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">what is the net weight of the product,</li></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The additional declarations also play an important role in every package which tells us the followings:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">the size and dimension of the commodity</p><p style="text-align: justify;">the name, address, and phone number of a person who can be in the office can be contacted for consumer complaints. (Read also: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/importance-of-director-nomination-under-legal-metrology/" target="_blank">Importance of Director Nomination Under Legal Metrology</a>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The mark of vegetarian non-vegetarian food or food products have to have a green card and if it is a non-vegetarian then you have put a red dot sticker can be used for declaration other than the declaration required to be made under these rules registration of Packer, importer, of the commodity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The different MRP on the same product from different outlets is prohibited. Therefore MRP has to be the same individual sticker on the package for altering or making the declaration is not permissible so these are some of the additional precautions to provide the safeguard to the interest of the consumer.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Protection of Consumer under Legal Metrology</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">How to protect the interest of the consumers in their day-to-day life when they buy a product is the primary responsibility of the Legal Metrology Act and <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department/" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Department</a></b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Legal Metrology (Packed Commodity) Rules, 2011 prescribe that several mandatory declarations are to be made on every package. So while buying or purchasing the commodity one should always check that the commodity should be packed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Package of the Commodity must have the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, and importer of the commodity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: </b><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/salient-features-of-legal-metrology.html">Salient Features of Legal Metrology</a></span></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-43163520256434792632022-10-13T14:23:00.003+05:302022-10-14T15:51:42.961+05:30Salient Features of Legal Metrology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVuAOGgCQL5NyxS5cA1XraUS7FJW5DJRkQ1nTBjITO6CgU9wuCTESeH-_1gs0c02o6j6Xev22O2HatBLWZvqvk96KkAdp9kLMUx_fnSYBDX-2AXbgv-ig7gDusx9h3AjFnG10VkxQI9nE44qS7-ffFdMWYMgS3v5cqYz6ct5SKV8ISe-as4QIjPlxuQ/s811/Silent%20Features%20of%20Legal%20Metrology%20%2012-10-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Salient Features of Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVuAOGgCQL5NyxS5cA1XraUS7FJW5DJRkQ1nTBjITO6CgU9wuCTESeH-_1gs0c02o6j6Xev22O2HatBLWZvqvk96KkAdp9kLMUx_fnSYBDX-2AXbgv-ig7gDusx9h3AjFnG10VkxQI9nE44qS7-ffFdMWYMgS3v5cqYz6ct5SKV8ISe-as4QIjPlxuQ/w527-h314/Silent%20Features%20of%20Legal%20Metrology%20%2012-10-2022.jpg" title="Salient Features of Legal Metrology" width="527" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Legal Metrology system has a wider scope than we think, it plays an important role in our day-to-day lives and most people are not even aware of its vital role in their purchasing or dealing in the market. The <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/silent-features-of-legal-metrology.html">salient features of the legal metrology</a> act there as follows:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Every unit of weights and measures following the basic metric system will be based on the following standards:</li><ul><li>The biggest unit of length shall be the meter,</li><li>So any other unit that was there before the existence of the length which is looked at as meter is not now recognized mass shall be the kilogram.</li><li>Whenever we buy any product and if somebody tries to read with stone or any other illegal thing it is not legal, consumers can make an immediate complaint to the legal metrology department.</li><li>Electric current shall appear thermodynamic temperature shall be Calvin</li><li>The luminous intensity shall be candler, and</li><li>The amount of substance shall be bold so these are the basic units of measurement that have been provided by the legal metrology act.</li><li>Any other measurement that somebody claims or any other weight claims is illegal.</li></ul></ol><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If it does not conform to these basic units of measurement mentioned above then it is illegal as per the Indian Legal Metrology System. (Read also: <span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/importance-of-director-nomination-under-legal-metrology/" target="_blank">Importance of Director Nomination Under Legal Metrology</a>)</span></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Legal Metrology Institute & Approved Center</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>We have the Indian institute of Legal Metrology that essentially embarks on capacity building in the area of Legal Metrology.</li><li>Then we have the Legal Metrology approved test center rules of 2013. There are a large number of test centers in the country that are approved by the legal metrology department.</li><li>Under the Legal Metrology Approved Center, the products are tested and brought to the market after approval.</li></ol><p></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Declaration on the Packages</h4><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The most important part of legal metrology is the declaration on the package of the commodity. As per the rules of legal metrology any commodity that is packed has to have certain declarations. We have earlier also discussed the LMPC declarations in detail which are to be compiled by the manufacturer, importer, packer, or dealer of the commodity.</li><li>Manufacturer trackers are important, effective commodities are mandatory now so anybody who wants to manufacture or import any pre-pack commodity has to register himself and require the LMPC registration for imported weights and measures.</li><li>Any importer who wants to import anything relating to weights and measures has to also register himself under the act provision to manufacture, repair, sale of weights and measures. Without licenses, no person is allowed to deal in weights and measures.</li><li>Every product, every weight, and measure which is to be repaid, or sold, or manufactured instrument that have to be under licensed being a measuring instrument without model approval and manufacturing license, if not approved by the manufacturer or them to the do not have the license because of the illegal verification stamping of weights and measures, in such situation every weights and measure has to be verified and stamped, otherwise it is not illegal and the same cannot be taken for granted.</li><li>Using unregistered and unverified weights and measures is a true offense and some penalties have also been provided under the act.</li><li>Compounding of cases against offenses is there and the central government has the rulemaking power with regards to the same.</li><li>One should comply with all the mandatory declarations under the legal metrology act, and commodity rules.</li><li>The foremost declaration that has to be made on the package should be the name and address of the manufacturer, Packer, or the importer of the commodity.</li><li>Net quantity of weights and measures, number in unit, and size of the commodity if applicable so you can have in grams</li><li>The month and the year of manufacturing.</li><li>It must have the Maximum Retail Price of the product including all taxes therefore the MRP should be written on the product and nobody can charge more than the written MRP on the package of the commodity.</li><li>The Customer care number, name, address, and phone number of the person or office can be contacted in case of consumer complaint.</li></ol><div><b>Read Related Blog</b>: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/procedure-of-issuing-certificate-of.html" target="_blank">Procedure of Issuing a Certificate of Approval under Legal Metrology</a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-71463027400781338342022-10-10T15:50:00.001+05:302022-10-10T15:50:32.682+05:30Procedure of Issuing a Certificate of Approval under Legal Metrology<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7EwqNQxGZneb0SAMX1R0nK0l4qUOv5I-nmL3w-_tIFJXLHu-wlsy7Xa-0tL85Hm-JLqhTHwWTrT4WqaeaBDiGMfwGh0T77fiYfSrwFDeT3v20aulwF9puOGXNFWASfRYZx0Xk-BNcPKkwM8cIf5buuT75L8DYdz4WxxPMyJzcUBfvwx4fHQz3zv6wA/s811/Procedure%20of%20Issuing%20a%20Certificate%20of%20Approval%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2008-10-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Procedure of Issuing a Certificate of Approval under Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7EwqNQxGZneb0SAMX1R0nK0l4qUOv5I-nmL3w-_tIFJXLHu-wlsy7Xa-0tL85Hm-JLqhTHwWTrT4WqaeaBDiGMfwGh0T77fiYfSrwFDeT3v20aulwF9puOGXNFWASfRYZx0Xk-BNcPKkwM8cIf5buuT75L8DYdz4WxxPMyJzcUBfvwx4fHQz3zv6wA/w543-h324/Procedure%20of%20Issuing%20a%20Certificate%20of%20Approval%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2008-10-2022.jpg" title="Procedure of Issuing a Certificate of Approval under Legal Metrology" width="543" /></a></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Test Report of Recognised Laboratory</span></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Under Legal Metrology weight measurement, after the completion of the test the recognized laboratory sends the report of its findings to the director with its recommendation on whether the model satisfies the requirement of the act and the rules made thereunder.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The recognized laboratory may in the appropriate case recommend the approval, maybe a corded provisionally to enable it to conduct the detailed test and where in pursuance of such recommendations provisional approval is granted.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The test may be carried out in such a manner or instruction under such conditions of installation and use, as may be specified by the director and such tests may also be continued where the recognized laboratory thinks fit to do so in the place of use of weights and measures. The test at such place of use shall have all the details, once the end of such durations and carried out on a such number of <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-for-weight-and-measurement-items/" target="_blank">legal metrology weights and measures</a></b> as may be specified by the director under the act.</li></ol></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Approval of Weights & Measures Model</span></h3><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">The director may require the recognized laboratory to send to him the detailed test procedure adopted by the laboratory in approving the concerned model of Weights and Measures. Applicants can also apply for the <b>online model approval legal metrology</b>.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">On examination of a report made by the recognized laboratory the director shall,</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">where he is of opinion that no further test is required to be carried out must submit the report to the central government, and</li><li style="text-align: justify;">where he is out of the opinion that further tests are required to remedy the report back to the recognized laboratory for carrying out such further tests and thereupon the recognized laboratory shall after carry out further tests submits a report to the director.</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">When considering the report of the recognized laboratory the director thinks that the certificate of approval about that model should be issued. It shall recommend to the central government the issue of the certificate and shall also forward to the government a copy of the report submitted to it by the recognized laboratory.</li></ol></div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Provisional Certificate of Approval by Central Government</h4><div style="text-align: justify;">The central government may issue a certificate or provisional certificate of approval has been recommended by the director issuing such a certificate and authorises the director to authenticate the certificate for and on behalf of the central government. (Read also: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-models-submissions-of-weights-measures/" target="_blank">Legal Metrology: Models Submissions of Weights & Measures</a>)</div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Mark of Approval under Legal Metrology</h4><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">Under <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/model-approval/" target="_blank">Model Approval legal metrology</a></b>, the mark assigned to the model shall contains the National Identification Letter named IND, it shall contain the following:</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The last two digits of the year of the issue,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The code number assigned to the laboratory, and</li><li style="text-align: justify;">The code number assigned to the model.</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The mark assigned to the approved model shall be clearly and legibly affixed at the search place of the model as may be specified in this certificate of approval and also in each weight or measure produced by the maker or manufacturer following the approved model.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">However, if the approved model of weights or measures confirming the model is such that the mark assigned to the approved model cannot be affixed on it. In such a case that Mark May be associated with the condition is specified in the certificate of approval.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Further where the approval is of limited character the mark of the approval shall be combined with a special mark indicating the limitation of the approval and different special marks may be made for different limitations.</li></ol></div><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Resubmissions of Disapproved Model for Approval</h4><div style="text-align: justify;">Whenever any model is not approved and the same is disapproved in such a case disapproved model may be resubmitted for approval after carrying out there in such modification as may be necessary whenever any disapproved model is resubmitted for approval it shall be deemed for the purpose of Levi or fees and the test their render rules to be a fresh application for the approval of that model.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/legal-metrology-delegation-power-of.html">Legal Metrology: Delegation Power of Government</a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-86220479474987792112022-10-07T17:33:00.003+05:302022-10-07T17:33:39.189+05:30Legal Metrology: Delegation Power of Government<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjhUniJgudk0VRD5VxG3UWtST_IiOx_O_tlx8ulyzuJZlq45rvtZgUum3sLBfkPL8fpb_sD_ehapZfWYMySYuIVSb9noRAhHs8Zo91vQbhNczmj6oc9yoA1YYLDOGgOM8y4JzlSfNsebJzE_x_ed5hPxGQwyg84dVDT4GWpH1CYVYCdGO9ICOWB_Skw/s811/Legal%20Metrology%20Delegation%20Power%20of%20government%2006-10-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Legal Metrology: Delegation Power of Government" border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="811" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjhUniJgudk0VRD5VxG3UWtST_IiOx_O_tlx8ulyzuJZlq45rvtZgUum3sLBfkPL8fpb_sD_ehapZfWYMySYuIVSb9noRAhHs8Zo91vQbhNczmj6oc9yoA1YYLDOGgOM8y4JzlSfNsebJzE_x_ed5hPxGQwyg84dVDT4GWpH1CYVYCdGO9ICOWB_Skw/w546-h325/Legal%20Metrology%20Delegation%20Power%20of%20government%2006-10-2022.jpg" title="Legal Metrology: Delegation Power of Government" width="546" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The central government in consultation with the state government and by its notification directs that any <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/legal-metrology-rule-making-power-of.html">power </a></b>exercisable by or under the legal metrology act or any rule made thereunder not being a power conferred by section 15 relating to appeal or section 52 relating to power to make rules concerning such matter and subject to such conditions as may be specified may exercise also by such officer subordinate to it as may be specified in the notification. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Subject to any general or special correction or condition imposed by the state government any person authorised by the <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-power-of-central-government/" target="_blank">central government to exercise any power</a> may exercise those powers in the same manner and to the same extent as if they had been conferred on that person directly by the act and not by the way of delegation.</p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In which cases the legal metrology act does not apply? </span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">The act does not to apply in certain cases such as the provision of the act insofar as they relate to verification and stamping of weights and measures shall not apply to the weights or measures in the following manner:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Used in any factory exclusively engaged in the manufacture of any arms, immunisation, or both for the use of armed force of unions, </li><li>Used for scientific investigation or research.</li><li>Manufactured exclusively for export.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Effect of New Qualification under legal metrology</h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Existing director, controller, and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed under the act which says that</li><ul><li>Every director, controller, and legal metrology officer appointed immediately before the commencement of the rules made under the and the act shall be deemed to have been appointed under the act notwithstanding any root describing different qualifications.</li></ul><li>The rules made by the state government under the standards of weights and measures enforcement act 1985 which came in force immediately before the commencement of this act shall remain in force until the central government makes rules on that behalf.</li></ol><div><b>Read Related Blog:</b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/appeal-by-company-under-legal-metrology.html" target="_blank">Appeal by Company Under Legal Metrology</a></span></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-81297785075282282932022-10-06T12:39:00.001+05:302022-10-06T12:39:20.525+05:30Legal Metrology: Rule Making Power of State Government<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1260atnOJ1oVe-FPDJJKkMEkuiF_GAw_UTgzE3UycPLOlegfq-glxJwEJQ-MBaGg7bWe9NM-cjMXsxg24zRTQshIHdMAQjgPERSnfwjy9GNOL2dkUgNGO7RbUU7ZUBQ8ApDxXWsLSiV7pZi3Y7kIXYX63aXnOaX70JS1BCl54-MjIRg3EnJ5BIOMRA/s1080/Legal%20Metrology%20Rule%20making%20Power%20of%20State%20Government%2003-10-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Legal Metrology: Rule Making Power of State Government" border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1080" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL1260atnOJ1oVe-FPDJJKkMEkuiF_GAw_UTgzE3UycPLOlegfq-glxJwEJQ-MBaGg7bWe9NM-cjMXsxg24zRTQshIHdMAQjgPERSnfwjy9GNOL2dkUgNGO7RbUU7ZUBQ8ApDxXWsLSiV7pZi3Y7kIXYX63aXnOaX70JS1BCl54-MjIRg3EnJ5BIOMRA/w544-h538/Legal%20Metrology%20Rule%20making%20Power%20of%20State%20Government%2003-10-2022.jpg" title="Legal Metrology: Rule Making Power of State Government" width="544" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The state government by its notification and after consultation with the central government may make rules to carry out the provision of the <b>legal metrology act</b>. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the following <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-power-of-central-government/" target="_blank">power such rules</a></b> may provide for all or any of the following matters:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The time within which under <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-for-weight-and-measurement-items/" target="_blank">legal metrology weights or measures</a></b> may be caught verified under the provision of the act for the followings:</li><ul><li>Every non-standard or unverified weight or measure, and</li><li>Every package made in contravention of act, and</li><li>Concerning any trade in commerce, and</li><li>Seized under the act shall be liable to be forfeited by the state government.</li></ul><li>However, such unverified weights or measures shall not be forfeited to the state government if a person from whom such weights or measures were seized gets at the same weights and measures stamped within such time as may be prescribed.</li><li>The state government may register a record to be nominated by a person or any manufacturer, repairer, or dealer of weights and measures shall maintain such record and register as levy & prescribed under the act. </li><li>The firm, manner, conditions, area of jurisdiction, and fees for issuance of a licence for Sale, repair, weights and measures the controller shall issue a licence in such a form and manner and on such condition for such period of such area of jurisdiction and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed under the act.</li><li>Fee for verification and stamping of weights or measures by every person having any weights or measures in his possession, custody, or control in circumstances indicating the followings</li><ul><li>That such weights or measures are used, or</li><li>Is indicated or likely to be used by him in any transaction, or</li><li>For protection shall before putting such weights or measures into the use of such weights or measures verified at such place and during such hours as the controller made by the general or special order is specified in this behalf on payment of the fees as may be prescribed.</li><li>In the manner of notifying government-approved test centers, terms and conditions, and fees to be paid by the government-approved test center shall be notified by the central government or the state government as the case may be in such a manner on such terms and conditions and payment of fee as prescribed.</li><li>However, the government-approved test center shall appoint or engage a person having the prescribed qualification and experience and collect the fee on such terms and conditions for verification of weights and measures specified and the act. </li></ul><li>While making the rules under the act the state government may provide data breach thereof shall be punishable with a fine which may extend to rupees 5000.</li><li>The power to make rules under the act shall be subjected to the conditions of the rules being made after previous publications in the official gazette.</li><li>Every rule made under the act shall as soon as maybe alter it be late, be late before each House of escape legislation where there are two houses and where there is one House of the state legislature before that house.</li></ol><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Penalty for contravention by government-approved test center</span></h2><p style="text-align: left;">Where any government-approved test center contravenes any of the provisions of the act or the rules made thereunder or the condition of the licence shall be punished with a fine which may extend to one Lac.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Where any owner or employee of government approved test center performing duties following the provision of the act or the roofs made thereunder willfully verifies their stamps any weights or measures in contravention of the provisions of the act or the rules made thereunder he shall for every such contravention punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to rupees 10,000 or with both. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/10/appeal-by-company-under-legal-metrology.html" target="_blank">Appeal by Company Under Legal Metrology</a></b></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-90479988451304748382022-10-01T15:45:00.007+05:302022-10-06T11:18:16.709+05:30Appeal by Company Under Legal Metrology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJXtnTmhq4sTpzXOeDzwgJpIs8ZXtd3G4r2LzREAKmSZLTrRC8dXBwDCCNUpYL7oA7hnBblITCWz1CyaRQTNy0thfAi-ZJce1_DcF4ESj0AGnwYHauGuArLkZEmJPlh8HcHpDYLF7d6fbe5uBZ7pstZH4a21WAWbFuPZ-2y_Gx7MiSdmpKMN9m74Eew/s1080/Appeal%20by%20Company%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2030-09-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Appeal by Company Under Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuJXtnTmhq4sTpzXOeDzwgJpIs8ZXtd3G4r2LzREAKmSZLTrRC8dXBwDCCNUpYL7oA7hnBblITCWz1CyaRQTNy0thfAi-ZJce1_DcF4ESj0AGnwYHauGuArLkZEmJPlh8HcHpDYLF7d6fbe5uBZ7pstZH4a21WAWbFuPZ-2y_Gx7MiSdmpKMN9m74Eew/w553-h330/Appeal%20by%20Company%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2030-09-2022.jpg" title="Appeal by Company Under Legal Metrology" width="553" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Subject to the provision of an act the appeal shall lie from every decision or order under sections 15 to 20, section 22, section 25, section 27 to 39, section 41 or any rule made thereunder by a legal metrology officer appointed under section 13 to the director.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">From every decision or order made by the director of legal metrology under section 15 to 20, section 22, section 25, section 27 to 39, section 41 or any rule made there under subsection three of section 52, to the central government or any officer specifically authorised in this behalf by the government.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From every decision given by the controller of legal metrology under delegated powers of the director of legal metrology to the central government. (Read also: <a href="https://bestlegalmetrologyindia.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/what-does-premises-of-company-business-mean-in-legal-metrology/" target="_blank">What Does Premises of Company/ Business Mean in Legal Metrology?</a>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From every decision given or order made under section 15 to 18, section 23 to 25, section 27 to 37, section 45 to 47 or any rule made there under subsection three of section 52 by any legal metrology officer appointed under section 14, to the controller</p><p style="text-align: justify;">From every decision given or order made by the controller under section 15 to 18, section 23 to 25, section 27 to 37, section 45 to 47, or any rule made there under subsection three of section 52 not being an order made an appeal under clause D to the state government or any officer is specially authorised in this behalf by that government.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Every such appeal shall be preferred within 60 days from the date on which the imposed order was made.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">However, the appellate authority may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the set period of 60 days, permit the appeal to prefer the appeal within a further period of 60 days. (Read Also<b>: </b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/offences-by-companies-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Offences by Companies Under Legal Metrology</a>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On receipt of any such appeal, the appellate authority shall after giving the parties to the appeal, a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and after making such inquiry as it deems proper, make such order as it may think fit, confirming, modifying, or reversing the decision or order appealed against or may send back the case with such direction as it may think fit for a fresh decision or order after taking additional evidence if necessary.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Every appeal shall be preferred on payment of such fees as may be prescribed under the act.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/penalty-and-delegation-of-power-under.html" target="_blank">Penalty and Delegation of Power Under Legal Metrology</a></b></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-45553646447496996392022-09-28T15:10:00.000+05:302022-09-28T15:10:18.990+05:30Penalty and Delegation of Power Under Legal Metrology <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPiIBGEC6d7_9wSHBiERT2tVuE3lFMZG9gFM7w6VbycI6EDqY-OKGSvUyLbqBL6cggpz_yIUuA1pLoLAyPQ8K9eRDJTp7q_R2c8Rl1dBjBdW8SNI2UoBqvb02eVGkyar7kHPcMMMCPt7Jg6gYlQWUVs_qVMDOOk9luYWNlmvVIxYcC5a5LT18sJo-Cg/s1080/Penalty%20and%20Delegation%20of%20Power%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2028-09-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Penalty and Delegation of Power Under Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPiIBGEC6d7_9wSHBiERT2tVuE3lFMZG9gFM7w6VbycI6EDqY-OKGSvUyLbqBL6cggpz_yIUuA1pLoLAyPQ8K9eRDJTp7q_R2c8Rl1dBjBdW8SNI2UoBqvb02eVGkyar7kHPcMMMCPt7Jg6gYlQWUVs_qVMDOOk9luYWNlmvVIxYcC5a5LT18sJo-Cg/w552-h330/Penalty%20and%20Delegation%20of%20Power%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2028-09-2022.jpg" title="Penalty and Delegation of Power Under Legal Metrology" width="552" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Delegation of Power Under Legal Metrology</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The central government may with the consent of the state government and subject to the conditions, limitations and restrictions as may specified in the behalf delegate the power of director under the act as it may think fit to the controller of Legal Metrology in a state.<span><a name='more'></a></span></li><li>However, such controller may if he is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest to do delegation of the power delegated to him as he may think fit to any legal metrology officer and where any such delegation of power is made by such controller.</li><li>The person to whom such power is delegated shall exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred on him directly by the Legal Metrology act and not by the way of delegation.</li><li>Where any delegation of power is made under subsection 7 of the act, the power so delegated shall be exercised under the General Superintendence, direction and guidelines of the director.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for Quoting or Publishing Non-standard Units</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Penalty for quoting or publishing etc. for standard units whoever violates the rules and regulations of the act shall be punished with fine which may extend to â‚ą10,000 and in case of secondary subsequent offense with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or both.</p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for Non-Registration by importer of Weights & Measures</span></h4><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Whoever imports any weights or measures without being registered under the legal metrology act shall be punished with a fine which may extend to rupees 25,000,</li><li>For the second or subsequent offense shall be punishable with the imprisonment for a term which we extend to six months, or with fine, or both. (Read also: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/appointment-of-officers-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Appointment of Officers Under Legal Metrology</a>)</li></ol><p></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for making transaction or contract in contravention of prescribed standards</span></h4><p style="text-align: justify;">Any person who so ever makes any transaction, contract, or deal in contravention of the standard of weights and measures specified under section 10 of the legal metrology act shall be punished</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>With fine which may extend to rupees 10,000/- and</li><li>For the second or subsequent offense with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or</li><li>With both.</li></ul><p></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for Failure to Get Model Approval</span></h4><p style="text-align: justify;">Any person who fails or commits to submit a model of any weights or measures for approval shall be punished with a fine which may extend to â‚ą20,000 and for the second or subsequent offense with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with both.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/penalties-for-non-standard-unverified.html">Penalties for Non-Standard & Unverified weight and measures</a></b></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-64984684152406732482022-09-26T16:58:00.002+05:302022-09-26T17:15:58.015+05:30Penalties for Non-Standard & Unverified weight and measures<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfcP1EkJRgp9IkqHJkHB-f2gn_hq8_ohbuh3Rno63FiyvlvpxgYq0Zf0GrBx7gP-M0HDXjLMTGky37U6bNkp2LLc8JiyCxcH7smnW3dCwoi3BAA3ofQomLu-rCAUgLq-s29D8NcCeUvzVUKwH14U2LylugUPWSyCBoqPsbTOnVWc-ojsiEuLtrKJtmg/s1080/Penalties%20for%20Non-Standard%20&%20Unverified%20weight%20and%20measures%2026-09-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfcP1EkJRgp9IkqHJkHB-f2gn_hq8_ohbuh3Rno63FiyvlvpxgYq0Zf0GrBx7gP-M0HDXjLMTGky37U6bNkp2LLc8JiyCxcH7smnW3dCwoi3BAA3ofQomLu-rCAUgLq-s29D8NcCeUvzVUKwH14U2LylugUPWSyCBoqPsbTOnVWc-ojsiEuLtrKJtmg/w567-h339/Penalties%20for%20Non-Standard%20&%20Unverified%20weight%20and%20measures%2026-09-2022.jpg" width="567" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Penalty for Non-Production of Documents</span></div></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">Any person whoever being required by or under the legal metrology act or the rules made thereunder to do the followings:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Summit returns,</li><li>Maintain any record of register, or</li><li>Being required by the director or</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In case of omits or fails without any reasonable excuses, on the non-producing the above-mentioned documents the on the order and instruction of controller legal metrology to produce the documents for inspection and weighing or measures or any document, register or other record relating thereto, shall be punishable (<b>Read Also</b>: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/appointment-of-officers-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Appointment of Officers Under Legal Metrology</a>)</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>With a fine which may extend to rupees 5000, and</li><li>For the second or subsequent offense with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or</li><li>With both fine and imprisonment.</li></ul><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for use of Unverified Measures and Weights</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Any person whoever sales, distributes, deliver or otherwise transfer or use any unverified weights or measures shall be punishable</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>With fine which shall not be less than â‚ą2000,</li><li>Fine which may extend to rupees 10,000, and</li><li>In case of second or subsequent offense the person or offender shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with both.</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Penalty for sale/delivery commodities by non-standard weights or measures</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Any person whoever sales or cause to be sold, deliver, or cause to be delivered, any commodity, article or thing by any means other than the standard <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-for-weight-and-measurement-items" target="_blank">legal metrology weights and measures</a></b> or numbers shall be punishable with a fine:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Which shall not be less than rupees 2000, but</li><li>Which may extend to rupees 5000, and</li><li>In case of second or subsequent offense the offender shall be punished with the imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year, or</li><li>With both fine and imprisonment.</li></ul><p></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Penalty for Rendering Services by Non-standard Weights, Measures</h4><p style="text-align: justify;">Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weights or measures or number any person in the following situation:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Whenever any person founds to be an offender for rendering or causes to be rendered, any service through</li><ul><li>Means other than the weights or measures or numeration, or</li><li>In term of any weights and measures or number other than the standard weights and measures<br /><br /></li></ul><li>Offender shall be punished with a fine</li><ul><li>Which shall not be less than rupees 2000, but</li><li>Which may extend to rupees 5000, and</li><li>For the second or subsequent office with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months, but</li><li>May extend to one year, or</li><li>With both fine and imprisonment. </li></ul></ol><p></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Penalty for Selling of Non-Standard Packages</h4><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Whoever manufactured, imports, sales, packs, distributes, deliver or otherwise transfer offer, possesses or exposes for sale, or cause to be sold, distributed, delivered or otherwise transferred, offered, possessed for sale of any pre packaged commodity which does not confirm to the declaration on the package as provide under the legal metrology act shall be punished</li><ul><li>With a fine which may extend to 25,000, and</li><li>For the second or subsequent offense shall be punished with a fine which may extend to 50,000, and</li><li>For the subsequent offense with a fine which shall not be less than â‚ą50,000</li><li>Which may extend to rupees one Lac or</li><li>With the imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with both.</li></ul><li>Any manufacturer or Packer or importer of the commodity who causes to be manufactured, or packed, or imported any packaged commodity with error in net quantity as may be prescribed shall be punished</li><ul><li>With fine which shall not be less than rupees 10,000</li><li>The same maybe extend to the rupees 50,000, and</li><li>For the 2nd and subsequent offense punishable with a fine which may extend to rupees one lac,</li><li>Imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or both.</li></ul></ol><div><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/amended-penalties-for-manufacturer.html" target="_blank">Amended penalties for Manufacturer under Legal Metrology</a></b></div><div><br /></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-15496275496767830842022-09-23T15:37:00.003+05:302022-09-23T15:37:47.664+05:30Amended penalties for Manufacturer under Legal Metrology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y1vWXiRGOaVDutZ10iKsXB5VviRBprXNod6w-wuGi1DYyLsZOTMZEtW4S2KxjFIKjOkJ6eEkV3XyyP_DiWwaumGBHRuid4xuDCfqOIPiuNs9f2S3hY4VaY-4Zi9FpKaMXXxPJk24rVSSNYIkTG3u6CMps3B8KERwmQw8sjGmVI8kq_B9HDnVDcSjbA/s1080/Amended%20penalties%20for%20Manufacturer%20under%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y1vWXiRGOaVDutZ10iKsXB5VviRBprXNod6w-wuGi1DYyLsZOTMZEtW4S2KxjFIKjOkJ6eEkV3XyyP_DiWwaumGBHRuid4xuDCfqOIPiuNs9f2S3hY4VaY-4Zi9FpKaMXXxPJk24rVSSNYIkTG3u6CMps3B8KERwmQw8sjGmVI8kq_B9HDnVDcSjbA/w562-h335/Amended%20penalties%20for%20Manufacturer%20under%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Penalty Quoting Publishing Etc for Nonstandard Units</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;">Section 29 of the legal metrology act deals with the penalty coating publishing etc. for nonstandard units by the manufacturer, importer, and Packer of the commodity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current Punishment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Current <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.mystrikingly.com/blog/punishment-amendments-provisions-for-decriminalising-legal-metrology-act" target="_blank">punishment</a> under this section 29 of the act for the second or subsequent offence is imprisonment which may extend up to one year or fine or both.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Proposed Amendments</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The proposed amendment for section 29 of the act is the penalty which may increase up to rupees two lacs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If the compounding is not done after the appeal is a stage then the process of cancellation of a licence issued by the central or state government will be initiated by providing the prior information to the applicant about the initiation of cancellation of license.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Penalty for Contravention in Standard Weights or Measures, Non-Standard Packages Quantity</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Section 30 of the legal metrology act deals with penalties under section contravention as standard weights and measures for non-standard package quantity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current Punishment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Current punishment under section 30 of the act for a subsequent or second offence is imprisonment which may extend up to one year or fine or both. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Proposed Amendments</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The proposed amendment under section 30 of the ACT is the penalty which may increase up to Rupees 2 Lacs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If the compounding is not done after the appeal stage then the process of cancellation of the licence issued by the central state government will be initiated with information to an applicant.</p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penalty for non-production documents by manufacturer importer of the commodity</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Section 31 of the legal metrology act deals with the penalty for non-production of documents, or for the production of false documents by the manufacturer, importer, and packer of the commodity to conduct the fraud and to harm the interests of the consumer. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current Punishment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The current punishment under section 231 of the legal metrology act for second or subsequent offence is imprisonment which may extend up to one year and fine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Proposed Amendments</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Proposed amendment under section 31 of the act is the penalty which may increase up to two Lac rupees.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If compounding is not done after the stage of appeal, then the process of cancellation of the licence issued by the central or state government will be initiated with prior information to the applicant.</p><h4 style="text-align: justify;">Penalty For Failure to Get Model Approval</h4><p style="text-align: justify;">Section 32 of the legal metrology act deals with the penalty for failure to get approval by the manufacturer, importer, seller, or packer of the commodity. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Current Punishment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The current punishment for the failure to get <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/model-approval" target="_blank">model approval</a></b> by the manufacturer, packer, seller or importer of the commodity to commit a second or subsequent offence is imprisonment which may extend up to one year and with a fine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Proposed Amendment</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/proposed-amended-fines-to-decriminalise-the-legal-metrology-act" target="_blank">proposed amendment to decriminalise</a> the act under this section is the penalty to be increased up to rupees two lacs.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If compounding is not done after the appeal stage then the process of cancellation of the licence issued by the state or central government will be initiated with informing the applicant about the same.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/gatc-cerifiacte-under-legal-metrology.html">GATC Cerifiacte Under Legal Metrology</a></b></span></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-27928279832554294742022-09-20T13:08:00.002+05:302022-09-21T13:33:25.593+05:30GATC Cerifiacte Under Legal Metrology<h2 style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdY-8Uwmxl-g_7tXdRCniDO3RwCZSRZA9dIQ0hoDsEdvfsiPaowgqjXT8jLJm67a4t8o_dz9Q4_g1HJefXrO0_xDFrJpqo_bx1zkEC4NisDZqqymBEOqpeI6nsvqi_Z3FVPqetcb2x88F0A4jOnbM3K4HlUD8uuCa7CWCvsZzm1wMrwWHqJ8AJK-_PA/s1080/GATC%20Cerifiacte%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2021-09-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GATC Cerifiacte Under Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdY-8Uwmxl-g_7tXdRCniDO3RwCZSRZA9dIQ0hoDsEdvfsiPaowgqjXT8jLJm67a4t8o_dz9Q4_g1HJefXrO0_xDFrJpqo_bx1zkEC4NisDZqqymBEOqpeI6nsvqi_Z3FVPqetcb2x88F0A4jOnbM3K4HlUD8uuCa7CWCvsZzm1wMrwWHqJ8AJK-_PA/w552-h330/GATC%20Cerifiacte%20under%20Legal%20Metrology%2021-09-2022.jpg" title="GATC Cerifiacte Under Legal Metrology" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Certificate of Government Approved Test Centers</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the purpose of <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/verification-of-weights-measures-by-gatc_19.html">verification, the office specified weights and measures</a> the certificate of <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/government-approved-test-centers-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">government approved test centers</a> may be suspended by the director in the event of omission or failure on the part of the holder of such certificate. And the proper inspection is conducted for various purposes.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li>Not complying with the conditions specified in the certificate.</li><li>To verify the weights of measures in accordance to which the certificate is issued or related</li><li>Verification does not conform to the rules of standards specified in the act and rules made thereunder.</li><li>Where any certificate has been suspended under subrule, 1, the order of suspension shall not be vacated unless the omission of failure for which the suspension was made has been complied with and the sum of compounding the offense has been deposited to the government in the same form as the test center.</li><li>There is an exception to it that no such suspension shall be made except after giving the holder of the certificate an opportunity to be heard against the cause of the proposed action.</li></ol><div><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">ELT Legal Metrology Consultancy</span></h3><div>It covers all the significant aspects under different categories like industry events, news launches, products used in automation, company news, regulatory changes, etc. There are also special features from the team of <a href="https://eltcorporate.com/" target="_blank">ELT legal metrology consultancy</a>, such as interviews with expert farmers, case studies, product suggestions, pharma bullet sectors, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>It is very clear that in the past few years, ELT <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/" target="_blank">legal metrology consultancy</a> has built up regular leadership and leadership through organic growth. As it is a clip list dropped all over Asia, Europe, India, UK, Canada, etc., it also provides additional facilities to its clients and subscribers, including a newsletter and updates delivery on a regular basis to their contract.</div><div><br /></div><div>Only after gaining a lot of knowledge about the diverse legal topics and developing research skills, a legal metrologist joined the league of legal content as a legal writing enthusiast.</div></div></div></span></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-68545252715242420472022-09-19T13:41:00.004+05:302022-09-19T13:44:25.571+05:30Verification of Weights & Measures by GATC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0vanMxCHcuxbdIelFprdGw1N8u8mgTlMdblpIuI35c1gZHHYjwathloP4Fi5Y21cI8cgHE_Lepki20pyP8cZnJg-Cmr6yt496JW6gY1Y4oWGOBAfeOQMKG3rCuRhFdk6AcMA2TB5lov5_hKfcLg1RrAE2uWRAH8R3vnAkPghMAvNbAJ5cF01NAAD1A/s1080/Verification%20of%20Weights%20&%20Measures%20by%20GATC%2017-09-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0vanMxCHcuxbdIelFprdGw1N8u8mgTlMdblpIuI35c1gZHHYjwathloP4Fi5Y21cI8cgHE_Lepki20pyP8cZnJg-Cmr6yt496JW6gY1Y4oWGOBAfeOQMKG3rCuRhFdk6AcMA2TB5lov5_hKfcLg1RrAE2uWRAH8R3vnAkPghMAvNbAJ5cF01NAAD1A/w544-h324/Verification%20of%20Weights%20&%20Measures%20by%20GATC%2017-09-2022.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark the verification by <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/gatc-legal-metrology-lab-set-up" target="_blank">GATC<span><a name='more'></a></span></a></span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The government approved the test center after carrying out the metrological evolution of weights and measures. The same confirms two specifications laid down under the act and rules, which make it mandatory to issue the certificate of verification.</li><li>It is mandatory for the verification mark shall contains the quarter of the year and two digits for the year in the lower half of the semicircle.</li><li>The legend "IND" and the code number assigned to the test center in the upper half of the semicircle shall be mentioned.</li><li>It is important for the test center to provide the proof of verification while providing the certificate, without which the validity of the certificate will be in question and the same is not maintainable. It means that a certificate of verification shall also be issued by the test center as proof of verification.</li><li>However, no such certificate shall be revoked unless the holder of the certificate has been given an opportunity to be heard for cause against the proposed action. Also there are specific provisions to obtain Legal Metrology Certificate.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Why is there a need for government approved test centers?</h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>India is growing rapidly, and so is the number of weights and measuring equipment. To stop the fraud committed against the interest of the consumer and against the interest of the Indian legal metrology system, the verification, stamping, calibration, and certification of any equipment has to be done by the legal metrology officer of the concerned district.</li><li>At present, the ratio of the amount of equipment to the number of legal metrology officers is rising rapidly. However, this rises, causing delays in procedures and constructing the industry to reach its full potential. <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-under-legal-metrology-lmpc-certificate" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Registration</a></b> is necessary to initiate the process.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Verification of Weights and Measures in the GATC</h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>For the purpose of verification, any person can apply to the government-approved test centre for verification of one or more kinds of weights and measures.</li><li>The weights and measures specified in the first schedule shall be verified by a government-approved test center.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">The Government Approved Test Centers in India under the Legal Metrology</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">In accordance with section 24, subsection 2 of the Approved Test Centers Rule 2013, the legal metrology is specified weights and measures, which are required to be examined at government approved test centers. Some examples of weights and measurs are given below:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Load Cells,</li><li>Clinical Thermometer,</li><li>Counter Machine,</li><li>Sphygmomanometer,</li><li>Beam Scale,</li><li>Tape Measures,</li><li>Water Meter, </li><li>Weights of all categories, non automatic weighing instruments of accuracy class four or class three of 150.</li></ul><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">To Whom Can You Submit the Application?</h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>As per the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/legal-metrology-rules.html">rules of legal metrology</a></b>, a person who desires to obtain recognition under the rules for carrying out verification of weights and measures specified under the act shall make an application to the director of Legal Metrology in the specified form under the second schedule of the act.</li><li>The application shall be made only by the principal officer of the said laboratory.</li><li>All the regional references are standard laboratories working under the administrative control of the department of consumer affairs functions as deemed approved test centers on the date of publication of the rules in the official gadget as per the rules and act.</li><li>Applications to the regional reference standard laboratories shall comply with the provisions of these rules as if they were government approved test centers.</li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Government Approved test Centers</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">There is a mark assigned to the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/government-approved-test-centers-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Government Approved Test Centers</a></b> and it contains the national identification namely, IND, letters, the last two digits of the year of the issue, the code number assigned to the government approved test center.</p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-4529566836576994452022-09-15T15:37:00.003+05:302022-09-19T13:01:01.585+05:30Legal Metrology Rules <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCpBApdoKhi5ZFyOE1x10iSXc4Oce3KL1BnE32f6FSBhv8rC4uhqREuWm6IKbsNeunoCqC7Vi9plntdYRAMij3SqtaxA3yeSb7w3PYKQktFyxvPcBpzYvCFct0YLZ96BoGKH-INWCKtjyTrg3OQVJW5XbwxocO6Dt1q3Jm8FC8DX0bI7exBSTZkZlEw/s1080/Legal%20Metrology%20Rules.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCpBApdoKhi5ZFyOE1x10iSXc4Oce3KL1BnE32f6FSBhv8rC4uhqREuWm6IKbsNeunoCqC7Vi9plntdYRAMij3SqtaxA3yeSb7w3PYKQktFyxvPcBpzYvCFct0YLZ96BoGKH-INWCKtjyTrg3OQVJW5XbwxocO6Dt1q3Jm8FC8DX0bI7exBSTZkZlEw/w571-h340/Legal%20Metrology%20Rules.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Discussing the legal and upcoming
amendments under legal metrology with certain verifying just to save the
interest of public and consumer to make aware that in this particular weight
and measures is legal when it is verified and stamped.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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legal metrology workshop In the workshop of Legal Metrology, the following
authors were present:</div><ol><li style="text-align: justify;">The Hon’ble minister for consumer affairs, food, and public distribution. Commerce, industry, and textiles Shri Piyush Goyal,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Hon’ble minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, environment, forest, and climate change, Sh Ashwani Chobey,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Hon’ble minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, and rural development, honourable Haryana, and ministers from various states like</li><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Uttar Pradesh,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Bihar</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Manipur</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Delhi,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Odisha</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Madhya Pradesh,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Sikkim, and</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">secretaries and principal secretaries of the States dealing with the issues of consumer affairs, controllers of legal metrology and legal metrology officers from states and union territories, representatives of consumer organisations, representatives from industries, industry associations.</li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal">The national workshop on the
Legal Metrology Act 2009 was to give a break on the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/proposal-of-decriminalization-of-legal-metrology-act" target="_blank">Decriminalization of provisions of the Legal Metrology Act</a></b> to facilitate the ease of doing business
and to protect the interests of consumers. (Read also: <a href="https://bestlegalmetrologyindia.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/reasons-of-decriminalization-of-legal-metrology-act/" target="_blank">Reasons of Decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act</a>)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style="font-size: small;">Compounding of offences under Legal Metrology Act</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal">Under the legal metrology act, whenever the cases are booked on in first offence, second offence, or subsequent offence, there is no provision given for the arrest. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The case is booked by the inspector of legal metrology in the event of non-compounding, and the court, after following the due procedure, summons the offender, who may be present personally or through an advocate. </p><p class="MsoNormal">However, in the court, the person has to be present personally, and if he fails to be present before the court of law, the court may again issue a warrant against the offender. Once the warrants are issued against the offender, he needs to take a bail.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Where the cases are non-compounding of offences, and if no appeal is filed against the controller or the state government, the legal metrology officer, who is the inspector, may file the case in the court of law to initiate legal proceedings against the offender. Thereafter, the court will decide the case either by upholding the case or by rejecting the charges made by the inspector against the offender.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-violation-under-legal-metrology.html">A Violation Under the Legal Metrology</a></b></p>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-46221853727910317752022-09-10T15:47:00.097+05:302022-09-20T12:31:31.315+05:30A Violation Under the Legal Metrology<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkptjIi2CdSY2rGGqykfMPEkIrY5Wrv_v80gdvJ57OIutcXU44T3MIthxJEVcSrJLg2oDUB53z3EjrCQBFVzG6q62eF7A1JIQ0gVKNsl6nk3baPr8zUZI8TcRXYqffyGYKTPxSwUyIOJdO9dxyqqoVfNsCNiK1eGALv3zFbG1eA4x1zpnwLsP9c3-9w/s1081/A%20Violation%20Under%20the%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="A Violation Under the Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1080" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkptjIi2CdSY2rGGqykfMPEkIrY5Wrv_v80gdvJ57OIutcXU44T3MIthxJEVcSrJLg2oDUB53z3EjrCQBFVzG6q62eF7A1JIQ0gVKNsl6nk3baPr8zUZI8TcRXYqffyGYKTPxSwUyIOJdO9dxyqqoVfNsCNiK1eGALv3zFbG1eA4x1zpnwLsP9c3-9w/w313-h313/A%20Violation%20Under%20the%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" title="A Violation Under the Legal Metrology" width="313" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Introduction</span></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Several offences cause a violation under <b>legal metrology</b>. Any person who fails or omits to submit models of any weights or measures for approval commits the violation under legal metrology and shall be liable to be punished with a fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees. <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, for the second or subsequent offence, the offender shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1 year, a fine, or both. However there is a <b>compounding of offence under legal metrology</b>.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is a Violation Under Legal Metrology?</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An offender commits an offence by doing the violation with regards to any legal metrology weights or measures. An offender means a person who carries on directly or otherwise the business of buying, selling, supplying, or distributing any such weights or measures, whether for cash or deferred payment or commission regulation or other valuable consideration, and includes a commission agent, an importer, or a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes, or otherwise delivers any weights or measures manufactured by him to any person other than a dealer. (<b>Read also</b>: <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/public-grievances-redressal-time-limits-under-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Public Grievances, Redressal, Time Limits Under Legal Metrology</a></b>)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whenever any manufacturer, importer, packer, or dealer of the commodity commits an offence and breaks the legal metrology rules by not ensuring the public guarantee from the point of view of security and accuracy of weighing and measurement concerning the mandatory technical and legal requirements, he is liable to prosecution. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Every time any manufacturer, importer, or packer of the commodity does not comply with section five of the act, which shall be standard units of weights and measures, it is a commencement of violation under the legal metrology act </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Whenever any manufacturer or importer of the commodity uses weights or measures or numerals other than the standard weights, measures, or numerals, or numerals commits an offence under Legal Metrology. </span></li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prohibition of Quotation Under the Legal Metrology</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Otherwise, in terms of standard units of weights, measures, and numeration, it means no person shall, concerning any good, thing, or service, does the followings:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Make an announcement of it by word of mouth, or otherwise,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any price or change </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sure exhibit any price list, invoice, cash memo, or other documents, or </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prepare or publish any advertisement, poster, or other documents, or </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Indicate the net quantity of a pre packed commodity or </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Express concerning any transaction or protection, any quantity or dimensions, other than under the standard units of weights and measures.</span></li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Which usage is void under the legal metrology?</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any custom, usage, etc. contrary to standard weights, measures, or numeration to be void, or</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any custom, usage, practice or method of whatever nature which permits a person to demand, receive or calls to be demanded or received, any quantity of article, things or service in accesses or less than the quantity specified by weights measures on the number in the contract or other agreement concerning the said article, things or service shall be void.</span></li></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Which violation affects the consumer interest under the legal metrology?</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any violation which is committed under legal metrology directly or indirectly affects the interest of the consumer. Any person who can be a packer, manufacturer, dealer, or importer of a commodity who does not comply with the regulations of legal metrology has committed a violation under the law enforced. However, there are several violations that can be done or committed by a person in the following manner </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sale of delivery of commodities by non-standard weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By dealing in <b>Indian Legal Metrology</b> by not complying and obtaining the licence under legal metrology from the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department" target="_blank">legal metrology department</a></b>,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Use of any quotation other than in terms of standard units like weights, measures, and pay in measuring instruments.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Standard weights and measures are in measuring instruments for use in transactions. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sale of any stamped weights or measures, or weighing or measuring instruments.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Entering into a contract or other agreements in which the standard weights or measures other than the approved standard weights or measures have been used by the manufacturer, packer, or importer of the commodity.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any kind of alteration in tampering with any licence issued by the department of legal metrology violates the act.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Keeping on non-standard weights or measures or being measuring instruments for transaction and use.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With some measures, or being or measuring instruments other than standard ones prescribed under the act in force.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Any kind of tampering, removal of seals, increasing dimensions, altering legal metrology weight measurement, or counterfeiting to deceive any person in a transaction is committed by the manufacturer, packer, or importer of the commodities in violation of the rules of the act.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If any person enters into a contract or other agreement in terms of standard weights or measures other than approved standard weights or measures, they are committing an offence under the act.</span></li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/legal-metrology-declaration-on-food.html">Legal Metrology Declaration on Food Packages</a></span></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0India20.593684 78.96288-7.7165498361788458 43.80663 48.903917836178849 114.11913tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-75063128701226481802022-09-07T15:55:00.000+05:302022-09-07T15:55:55.504+05:30Legal Metrology Declaration on Food Packages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU76GpG4EOHO-BHhFx3inbPsYWqyCx6AdZCPCjJCtqBYkVz2LhtiAcCzzKulANhoymALh0q1akbtL__wHX5fN36s699ywnHxr-nb76IKKegpUGWC58LLKgdGmL25q6RPVr0ypx7PjLXEcP2dA64aed0U0jpmmF4J2I2FhzZJLVRLmOetuMdlG351aWrQ/s1080/Legal%20Metrology%20Declaration%20on%20food%20Packages%2007-09-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU76GpG4EOHO-BHhFx3inbPsYWqyCx6AdZCPCjJCtqBYkVz2LhtiAcCzzKulANhoymALh0q1akbtL__wHX5fN36s699ywnHxr-nb76IKKegpUGWC58LLKgdGmL25q6RPVr0ypx7PjLXEcP2dA64aed0U0jpmmF4J2I2FhzZJLVRLmOetuMdlG351aWrQ/w562-h336/Legal%20Metrology%20Declaration%20on%20food%20Packages%2007-09-2022.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>The first thing is the name and address of the manufacturer, Packer, and importer should be mentioned on the package of commodity.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br /></li><li>Package of the commodity should have all the mandatory declarations on food packages under the legal metrology (packaged) commodity rules.<br /><br /></li><li>The net quantity of weight, measure number unit and size of food commodity if applicable.<br /><br /></li><li>Consumers can have in grams, whatever it is month and year of manufacturing, manufacture maximum retail price of the food including all taxes.<br /><br /></li><li>Therefore, the MRP should be written on the product and no manufacturer, importer, or packer of the commodity is allowed to sell more than the amount mentioned in the MRP.<br /><br /></li><li>Manufacturers should mention the customer care number, name, address, and phone number of the person or office who can be contacted in case of consumer complaint should be there. </li></ol><p></p><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is the additional declaration on the package?</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The net weight of the product apart from the additional declarations are also on every package, That is, the size and dimension of a commodity pack has to be there with the the following details:</li><ul><li>Name,</li><li>Address,</li><li>phone number,</li><li>a person who can be in the office can be contacted for consumer complaints sometimes. <br /><br /></li></ul><li>If any person is running a restaurant and he is selling the food then you must place the followings:</li><ul><li>Vegetarian food should have a green card, and</li><li>In case of non-vegetarian food you have to put a red dot sticker,<br /><br /></li></ul><li>It can be used for decoration other than the declaration requirement in create under the following groups'</li><ul><li>legislation of Packer,</li><li>importer of pre-packaged commodities is mandatory.<br /><br /></li></ul><li>There should be a proper difference in the same product for different outlets that is prohibited therefore MRP has to be saved as an individual sticker or package for all products or making declaration is not permissible.<br /><br /></li><li>These are some of the additional questions so whenever you buy a product you have to look at these six mandatory declarations and also see that the influence stickers put over any of the markings that is prescribed under the legal metrology rules.<br /><br /></li><li>The rules also provide that if anyone delivers less quantity to the consumer it is a violation of provisions of the legal action rules and is punishable.<br /><br /></li><li>In any case the trader or manufacturer found guilty of charging more than the MRP he will be prosecuted in the court of law. (<b>Read also</b>: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-rules-for-food-industry" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Rules for Food Industry</a>)<br /><br /></li><li>If the trader mark the face of a commodity with any sticker or they printed MRP under the rate of division he shall be mention the final figure rupees declaration to be made on area of display of at least 40% of total that face area of pack so if a commodity packages there is a 40% of the total area should have all these declarations.<br /><br /></li><li>If the size of a package is bigger, consumers can read the net quantity checking is moral scientific.<br /><br /></li><li>Barcoding has to also be there on the package of the commodity but it is on an involuntary basis the activities provide for the act and rules provide for a better way to redress consumer preferences.<br /><br /></li><li>If a violation by trader, manufacturer, or importer takes place the consumer may proceed to file a complaint to the first noodle officer of the state at the unit with the following information</li><ul><li>complete address</li><li>phone no.</li><li>Email address</li><li>operator name of commodity and</li><li>quantity purchase proof of purchase so you need to have your bill and</li><li>invoice serial number of the vector scale used for being the shopkeeper refuses to give details</li><li>A photograph of the shop, and</li><li>Product purchase will also be provided,</li><li>uploaded with the campaign and required now that is the first state in the second state, that is called it in the second tier the consumer can file a complaint at the district that is under the 3000 for protection act.</li></ul></ol><p></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where can a Consumer file the Complaint?</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li>Every district has a consumer department where complaints up to 20 lakhs can be filed in the State commissions where complaints ever would like one can fight, and<br /><br /></li><li>Consumers can file a complaint in the National Commission where complaints above â‚ą1,00,00,000 can be filed so this is what the legal metrology act provides to protect the interest of the consumer.<br /><br /></li><li>The Legal Metrology act provides for the basic understanding of a consumer of what types of weights and measures he needs to look at when he is buying a product.<br /><br /></li><li>In case of a commencement of offence the consumer should go and file the complaint to the legal metrology officer at the local level.<br /><br /></li><li>He can also go and file a complaint under the Consumer Protection Act against the offender who can be a manufacturer, packer, or importer of a commodity.</li></ol><div><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/silent-features-of-legal-metrology.html" target="_blank">Silent Features of Legal Metrology</a></b></div><p></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-77489585923584217802022-09-06T13:08:00.002+05:302022-09-06T13:08:38.977+05:30Silent Features of Legal Metrology<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVJUfIPofm6E8D9qKZu5i6tKWCq1kcQZGXUc5TuDZwal_bavH49USDpI3Ibn8Q6UfRYmevPUiybHlxc8WTecjAB_QdzsHrgshKKNRJpKqcTxg6xhHu-V6Y_E_fB94Bqlpk7-wBkdM3RKbYTjuCCG-4bm3fCaqJeIkKnukpcmAqbplVC9386Q9GP4pdQ/s1080/Silent%20features%20of%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Silent Features of Legal Metrology" border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVJUfIPofm6E8D9qKZu5i6tKWCq1kcQZGXUc5TuDZwal_bavH49USDpI3Ibn8Q6UfRYmevPUiybHlxc8WTecjAB_QdzsHrgshKKNRJpKqcTxg6xhHu-V6Y_E_fB94Bqlpk7-wBkdM3RKbYTjuCCG-4bm3fCaqJeIkKnukpcmAqbplVC9386Q9GP4pdQ/w552-h329/Silent%20features%20of%20Legal%20Metrology.jpg" title="Silent Features of Legal Metrology" width="552" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><p>Now if you look at the silent features of the <b>legal metrology act</b>,
there are followers of every unit of <b>legal metrology weight and measure</b>
with the basic metric system. These features will be based on the following
standards.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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 <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department" target="_blank">legal metrology department</a></b> and shall be charged for the same.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Time shall be in seconds, So, these are the basic units of measurement
that have been provided by the legal metrology act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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
<b>Legal metrology department. (</b>Read also: <o:p></o:p><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://bestlegalmetrologyindia.wordpress.com/2022/09/03/importance-of-legal-metrology-certificate-for-various-equipment/" target="_blank">Importance of Legal Metrology Certificate for Various Equipment</a>)</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Who needs to get Registered
under Legal Metrology?</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The second most important thing is the declaration under the legal
metrology rules. Any commodity that is packed has to have certain <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/lmpc-declarations-on-packages"><span style="color: #1155cc;">LMPC declarations on the package</span></a>. The <b>legal
metrology registration</b> of a manufacturer, packer, or importer of packed
commodities is mandatory.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Anybody who wants to manufacture, pack or import any prepackaged
commodity has to register himself under the registration for importer of <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/all-about-weights-and-measures"><span style="color: #1155cc;">weights and measures</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What is the need for verified
weights and measures?</span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Using unverified weights and measures is a true offence and penalties
have also been provided under the act.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Power of Central
Government under Legal Metrology</span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Central government has various powers under Indian Legal Metrology
System such as:<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Compounding of cases against the offence, as the offences are
Compoundable, and the offender just have to pay the penalty. The <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/central-government-for-graded-penalty-under-legal-metrology"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Central Government graded the penalty under legal metrology</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The central government has the rulemaking power to protect consumers in
their day-to-day lives when they buy a product.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Keep an eye on the compliance of the packaged commodity rules of 2011.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-are-things-which-fall-under-ambit.html">What are the things which fall under the ambit of legal metrology?</a></b></p>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-47745480941329298862022-09-02T16:07:00.001+05:302022-09-06T11:58:54.591+05:30What are the things which fall under the ambit of legal metrology?<h2 style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqdm8aW7znoxzQLYSRpivcy4-mJJnzzAMcBEiCoR0EiiyAtjPTyClo6tS2PlNDgEcAapyE_BslXl892r2zsi9J9V-lrff2BIS9i9YOqGTHaw5yyw5zxxdVrRVnQrJnESi3qouh8gMW9JwePRrEVFZ_dR27COaf1uUxJQn0AxvQa50OQVn371kPvUeJw/s1080/What%20are%20the%20things%20which%20fall%20under%20the%20ambit%20of%20legal%20metrology.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqdm8aW7znoxzQLYSRpivcy4-mJJnzzAMcBEiCoR0EiiyAtjPTyClo6tS2PlNDgEcAapyE_BslXl892r2zsi9J9V-lrff2BIS9i9YOqGTHaw5yyw5zxxdVrRVnQrJnESi3qouh8gMW9JwePRrEVFZ_dR27COaf1uUxJQn0AxvQa50OQVn371kPvUeJw/w561-h335/What%20are%20the%20things%20which%20fall%20under%20the%20ambit%20of%20legal%20metrology.jpg" width="561" /></a></div></h2><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Introduction</span></h2><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal metrology law in India</b> has a wider scope than people usually know about it or think about it. Here we want to make it very clear that every single thing that deals in the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-for-weight-and-measurement-items" target="_blank">Legal Metrology weights measurement</a></b> of anything whether it's the instrument to measure the temperature of a body, temperature of the weather, weight of gas in the cylinder instrument, an instrument which tells about the petrol supply to the petrol pump, weights of any product, the weight of anything, comes under the ambit of legal metrology. <span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here we are going to discuss several things which are used by the customers on a regular basis or the things from which the consumer is regularly taking these services on a daily basis and the same is not very much known to the consumer that these things also fall under the ambit of legal metrology.<br /><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Legal Metrology for Petrol Pumps</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li>The legal metrology department takes care of the supply of petrol to the consumer at the petrol pumps. If any petrol pump is doing any kind of malpractice or tries to conduct fraud on the consumer, he will be charged under the legal metrology act.<br /><br /></li><li>The department of legal metrology will take immediate action on the complaint of the consumer with regards to the petrol pump.<br /><br /></li><li>Consumers should be aware while taking the petrol from the petrol pumps, the quantity of petrol has been provided to the consumer in what amount.<br /><br /></li><li>Consumers should be much more aware to know that he is paying the accurate amount for the quantity he is getting and consuming.<br /><br /></li></ol></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Legal Metrology for Hotels, cinemas, restaurants, etc.</span></h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now you will think that legal metrology deals with weights and measures, so what is the use of legal metrology in hotels, cinemas, restaurants, and malls. Here we are going to tell you that legal metrology plays a very important role in the above-mentioned places, as the customer will be dealt with by the legal metrology department and its officers to protect the interests of the consumer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The legal metrology department has started taking strict action on the abovementioned places in the case of overcharging for the sale of packages from the customer. When the customer has been overcharged by any hotel, cinema, or restaurant for the services he is obtaining is more than the service he has taken, he may complain to the legal metrology department, and the department will take immediate action on such places as per the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-laws-in-india" target="_blank">Legal Metrology law in India</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Legal Metrology for Digital or Electronic Meter Installed in Auto Rickshaws & Cabs</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ol><li>Many of us are not aware that the meter which is placed in the auto-rickshaw and cabs under which we can see how much and how many kilometres we have travelled and what are the charges we have to pay as per the travelling calculation shown by the meter.<br /><br /></li><li>Digital or Electronic meters also come under the ambit of legal metrology. The <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/legal-metrology-on-digital-thermometer" target="_blank">legal Metrology thermometer</a></b> also plays an important role in Indian Legal Metrology.<br /><br /></li><li>Legal metrology on several occasions has booked several auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers in their respective states for charging more from the consumer by showing wrong figures for the kilometres travelled by the consumer.<br /><br /></li><li>The directorate of civil supplies and consumer affairs has booked 13 auto-rickshaw drivers for violating the provisions of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands legal metrology enforcement rules 2011.<br /><br /></li><li>Various states in India have installed the meter in the cabs which are run based on app aggregators such as Ola and Uber. The purpose of installing the meter in the cabs is to protect the interests and rights of the consumer and to make them aware that they should not pay more for the fewer kilometres they have travelled.<br /><br /></li><li>People should be much aware that they should pay only for the kilometre they have travelled and if in case they find anything suspicious with regards to the meter placed in the cabs, taxis, or auto rickshaws they should immediately make a complaint to the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department" target="_blank">legal metrology department</a></b> of their respective jurisdiction.</li></ol></div><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">LPG Cylinder Under Legal Metrology</span></h4><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many people are aware of the cylinder under legal metrology because in the last few years the legal metrology department has been acting in a super active mode to seize the various units of LPG cylinders and file cases against various dealers of LPG cylinders because they were providing less quantity of gas inside the cylinder and charging more from the consumer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The legal metrology department during the time of spreading awareness always tells the consumer that whenever you purchase LPG from any agency, you should ask the dealer to weigh the LPG cylinder in front of your eyes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the event of any doubt, the consumer has the full right to re-weigh the cylinder again, and no dealer or seller is allowed to deny the same. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Read Related Blog: <span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/08/legal-metrology-offences.html">Legal Metrology Offences</a></span></b></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-40923487278661413562022-08-31T15:47:00.001+05:302022-09-02T15:10:56.501+05:30Legal Metrology Offences<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU4dboEoeCwaUnVMJsFwnb_Zd_9r_uFjym_ieecM3uQJ1OShe9kp7cOvr3dpLlnzOSXH0LmWSXJy08eu-aBXpk06OZL_H-OiYYUBN597i0xn4pP6ODL4qI0dLOa_pvjntyuVfTOS4YkCYOZdKvEOL4CPZNNCLFDxdcHFxfLne9y5A6ptTzQZk1zCDPA/s1080/Legal%20Metrology%20offences%2031-08-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1080" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYU4dboEoeCwaUnVMJsFwnb_Zd_9r_uFjym_ieecM3uQJ1OShe9kp7cOvr3dpLlnzOSXH0LmWSXJy08eu-aBXpk06OZL_H-OiYYUBN597i0xn4pP6ODL4qI0dLOa_pvjntyuVfTOS4YkCYOZdKvEOL4CPZNNCLFDxdcHFxfLne9y5A6ptTzQZk1zCDPA/w569-h339/Legal%20Metrology%20offences%2031-08-2022.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-245813f2-7fff-c49e-e01f-fdd86e981d63"><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Offences under legal metrology are committed by the manufacturer, importer, Packer, or seller of the commodity.<span><a name='more'></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The offence under legal metrology takes place while the non-compliance of the act has been conducted by any dealer in the Indian market.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Offences under Legal Metrology increase the legal metrology disputes and put the manufacturer, importer, and packer of the commodity in trouble.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several orders have been passed by the Supreme Court of India and the Hon’ble High Courts with regards to the Legal Metrology disputes and the offence is committed under the Legal Metrology act.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, the act overrides the effect of IPC in many cases as it is a compoundable offence and a person can discharge just by paying a fine.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are different fines for different offences committed under the act, which must be paid by the person liable for the offences. </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Offences under legal metrology can be committed because of the followings:</span></p></li><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the non-compliance is of the Act,</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improper declarations made on the package,</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not registering the person with the legal metrology department,</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not registering the manufacturing unit with the legal metrology department, and</span></p></li><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not obtaining the certificate from the Legal Metrology department.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li></ol><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If any person/consumer finds any kind of offence committed, he should immediately inform the legal metrology department of its jurisdiction. So that the proper inspection and inquiry can be conducted in case of the offence committed. (Read More: <span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.mystrikingly.com/blog/supreme-court-in-state-of-up-vs-aman-mittal-legal-metrology" target="_blank">Supreme Court in State of UP vs. Aman Mittal, Legal Metrology</a>)</span>
</span></p></li></ol><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Legal Metrology Consumer Awareness Program
</span></span></h3><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8d4384c-7fff-a52a-5b26-654c283fbdc4"><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The legal metrology department conducts various workshops and spreads awareness among the consumer so that they will be aware and keep themselves away from the fraud that may happen to them.
</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department" target="_blank">Legal Metrology Department</a></b> provides them with the proper education so that in case any manufacturer, importer, or Packer of the commodity tries to cheat the consumer, in that situation consumers should be much aware to catch such fraud or cheating by manufacturer, importer, or Packer of the commodity.
</span></p></li></ol><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Laws on Legal Metrology<br /><br /></h3><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e7e0bb5e-7fff-822a-7a79-ed26512d5501"><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Various laws have been laid down on legal metrology and various acts have been made by the Government of India to protect the interests of the consumer and also protect the interests of the business by giving them the proper opportunity to deal in the Indian market only on the condition is to fulfil the compliances of the act so that no fraudulent activity will take place.
</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Legal metrology laws provide various guidelines for the manufacturer, importer, Packer, and dealer of the commodity so that they can work in a proper league by making all the formalities also helps the general public and the consumer to trust the business which provides the large opportunity to the business in obtaining the trust of the consumer which ultimately increase their goodwill.
</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></span><p></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These laws reduce the chances of fraudulent activities. Legal metrology act protects the rights of the consumer and provides the proper opportunity to the business to make better coordination in the Indian market and reduce fraudulent activity for the smooth run without any inconvenience to the business as well as to the consumer who is buying and selling the product by the way of websites, e-commerce entities or from the shops, wholesaler, retailer, dealer of the commodity.</span></p></li></ol></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Read Related Blog:</b> </span></span><span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-validity-period-of-different.html" target="_blank">The Validity Period of Different Weights & Measures Under Legal Metrology</a></span></div></span>ELT Corporate Pvt. Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07091821504395710773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451057751993623550.post-13189095831090900512022-08-27T15:44:00.005+05:302022-08-30T11:10:28.940+05:30The Validity Period of Different Weights & Measures Under Legal Metrology<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsyiaqGAzaV16fJDJ-1Xd6gGJ6G0YcVFxdprKNuQ0UEvUC5_IF0AsLRGgrGggjTDL_HW24u7T1to56lMgjZ4kOzseu2Q4fKApNZybfjwTPszIZfRt5gqQcQSlJ4vPPcSbGGtgD6i54-Ao782m_6v2oeur4SI3-Uj7HlxxcDH-0_vr-30HEYvog5uKoQ/s1080/The%20Validity%20Period%20of%20Different%20Weights%20&%20Measures%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2026-08-2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsyiaqGAzaV16fJDJ-1Xd6gGJ6G0YcVFxdprKNuQ0UEvUC5_IF0AsLRGgrGggjTDL_HW24u7T1to56lMgjZ4kOzseu2Q4fKApNZybfjwTPszIZfRt5gqQcQSlJ4vPPcSbGGtgD6i54-Ao782m_6v2oeur4SI3-Uj7HlxxcDH-0_vr-30HEYvog5uKoQ/w462-h462/The%20Validity%20Period%20of%20Different%20Weights%20&%20Measures%20Under%20Legal%20Metrology%2026-08-2022.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">While considering the <b>Legal Metrology Rules</b> the government has created four quarters for the facility for the traders and searched four quarters:<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;">January to March,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">April to June,</li><li style="text-align: justify;">July to September, and</li><li style="text-align: justify;">October to September.</li></ul><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This means that <b>legal metrology weights and measures</b> verified in January can be re-verified up to the next month to ignore the penalty. A <b>certificate of Verification of legal metrology</b> is mandatory to obtain to deal in the weights and measures.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As per the Legal Metrology law, rules and act there are prescribed validity of different weights and measures which are explained in the chart given below:</p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1ee45012-7fff-97a4-6729-c6f567eef5c3"></span></p><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><colgroup><col width="301"></col><col width="301"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Name of weights and measures </b></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Validity period </b></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tank Lorries </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Cast iron weights </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bullion Weights </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sheet metal weights </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Counter machine </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Capacity measures </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Been scale </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Length Measures </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">24 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Electronic Scale </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">12 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Platform machine </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">12 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Weighbridges </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">12 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Fuel dispenser </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">12 months </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Storage tank </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">five years </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dispensing pump </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">one year </span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 16.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Weights and measures </span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-right: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-style: solid; border-top: solid #000000 0.75pt; border-width: 0.75pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">one year </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><h3 style="margin-left: 0pt;">Display the Certificate of Verification</h3><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt; text-align: justify;">It is necessary to display the certificate of verification granted under the legal metrology act at a conspicuous place on the premises where such weights or measures are being or intended or likely to be used in any transaction or for protection.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt; text-align: justify;">Under section 23 of Legal Metrology Act 2009, no person shall make, manufacture, repair, sell any weights or measures unless he holds a valid licence as per schedule IV of legal metrology enforcement rules 2011. (Read More: <span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/blog/importance-of-legal-metrology-laws" target="_blank">Importance of Legal Metrology Laws</a>)</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b>Packer needs to Register himself with Legal Metrology Department</b></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">Any person or firm that pre-packs any commodity in a bottle, tin, wrapper or otherwise in a unit suitable for sale is a Packer and he needs to register himself with the <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/notices-from-legal-metrology-department" target="_blank">legal metrology department</a></b> in compliance with the rules and regulations of the laws and the legal metrology.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">No manufacturer, Packer, dealer, importer, and seller of the commodity is allowed to deal in the Indian market without having prior permission and without getting themselves registered under the legal metrology act with the department. <b><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.com/importer-registration-certificate-under-legal-metrology-lmpc-certificate" target="_blank">Legal Metrology online registration</a></b> can be done by a packer.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><h3 style="margin-left: 0pt;">Fine under Legal Metrology</h3><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">If any person is found guilty of giving short or lesser deliveries he shall be liable to the fine which may extend up to rupees 10,000.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">Any person who is found guilty of charging more than the MRP printed on the package of the commodity shall be punished with a fine which may extend up to rupees 2000.</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><b>Read Related Blog: <span face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://legalmetrologyindia.blogspot.com/2022/08/hints-to-consumers-while-buying.html" target="_blank">Information to Consumers Under Legal Metrology</a></span></b></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>ELT Corporate Pvt. 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