Chapter I PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and commencement-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or for different areas or for different classes of undertakings or for different classes of goods, by notifications issued from time to time.

Definitions - In this Act, unless the context requires,-

1. (a) 'commercial weight or measure' means a weight or measure purporting to be a standard weight or measure used in any transaction for trade or commerce;
2. (b) 'Controller' means the Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under section 15;
3. (c) 'Government' means the State Government;
4. (d) 'Inspector' means an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 15;
5. (e) 'measuring instrument' means any measuring instrument other than a weighing instrument and includes any instrument for measuring length, area, volume or capacity;
6. (f) 'Mint' means the mint of the Central Government either in Bombay or in Calcutta;
7. (g) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
8. (h) 'reference standards' means the sets of standard weights and measures supplied to the Government by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (Central Act 89 of 1956);
   • (i) 'stamping' means marking in such manner as to be, so far as practicable, indelible and includes casting, engraving, etching and branding;
9. (j) 'standard weight or measure' means any unit of mass or measure referred to in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (Central Act 89 of 1956) and includes any other weight or measure permitted to be used by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 14 of that Act;
10. (k) 'verification' with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions used with reference to a weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, includes the process of comparing, checking or testing such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument and also includes re-verification;
11. (l) 'weighing instrument' means any instrument for weighing and includes scales with the weights belonging thereto, scale-beams, balances, spring balances, steel yards and other weighing machines.