The Standards of Weights & Measures Act, 1976 3. Preamble [Act No. Under the National Measurement Act 1960, a Chief Metrologist is appointed by the Secretary of the responsible department. 54 of 1985] 1 [4th September, 1985] An Act to provide for the enforcement of the standards of weight sand measures established by or under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto In India the law relating to the same was initially covered under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, but due to the need for a more comprehensive law, the same was replaced by the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (Hereinafter referred to as “The Act”)which came into effect on 01.04.2011. 75. The Standards are established by the Standards of Wwights and Measures Act of 1976. Act ID: 201001: Act Number: 01: Enactment Date: 2010-01-13: Act Year: 2010: Short Title: The Legal Metrology Act, 2009: Long Title: An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Inspection of local weights and measures arrangements. An Act to provide for the enforcement of the standards of weights and measures established by or under the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 1 OF 2010 [13th January, 2010.] "The Weights and Measures Acts of 1878 to 1893" was the collective title of the following Acts: The Weights and Measures Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Performance by inspectors of additional functions. WEIGHTS & MEASURES DEPTT. Annual reports by local weights and measures authorities. requiring Metrology Certificate from the Metrology Department of Consumer Affairs. An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 3 Acts 14 of 1976, 10 of 1993, 2 of 1996. Tamta, Controller, Legal Metrology, Govt of NCT of Delhi do hereby authorize al the inspectors, Legal Metrology of Weights and Measures, Govt. c 21) GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI 2, UNDER HILL ROAD, DELHI-54 No.F. After independence in 1956, Parliament enacted the standard of weights and measures Act 1956 with a view to replace the bewildering varieties of weights and measures in use in the country by standards based on metric system. 70. 1. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty … The Standard of Weights and Measures Act,1976 was enacted primarily to establish standards of weights and measures, to regulate trade or commerce in weights, measures and other goods that are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number. The authority to regulate weights and measures comes under the concurrent list of the Constitution. STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT 1956 THE STANDARDS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT, 1956. This Act came into effect from 01.04.2011. c. 46. India has adopted the international standards of weights and measures and now India has revised the standards of weights and measures. of Delhi to make complaints under Section 63 of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enf.) 3 THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 ACT NO. Certificate of qualification to act as inspector. The Supreme Court in its recent judgement dated 04 September, 2019, in the matter of State of U.P. In India, legal metrology is the New name of Standards of Weights and Measures. The Weights and Measures Act of 1878 marked a major overhaul of the British ... but from 1976 the conventional value of 4.546092 L was ... of The International Committee for Weights and Measures which in turns comes under the authority of The General Conference on Weights and Measures. [1st January 1976] PART I. 40(7)/MWM/Legal Cell/97/7766 Dated : 03-10-97 ORDER I, D.R. —(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — ... [30/2005 wef 01/01/2006] “Authorised Verifier” means any person appointed by the Board under section 29A; … v. Aman Mittal 1, held that Section 3 of Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (Act), overrides the provisions related to weights and measures covered under Chapter XIII of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).Section 3 of the Act states that provisions of the Act will override the provisions of any other law. 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