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The ARUNACHAL PRADESH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1979

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This Act establishes a legal framework for the enforcement of standard weights and measures within the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh. Its primary objective is to protect consumers and ensure fair trade by mandating that all commercial transactions, industrial production, and protective measurements utilize standardized units. The law regulates the manufacture, repair, and sale of weighing and measuring instruments, requiring them to be verified and stamped by authorized officials. By prohibiting the use of non-standard equipment and penalizing fraudulent practices like tampering or using false measures, the Act ensures that citizens receive the exact quantity of goods or services they pay for.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Act not to apply to inter-State trade or commerce
  3. 3Nothing in this Act shall apply to any inter-State trade or commerce in any weight or measure or in any other goods which are sold, delivered or distributed by weight, measure or number.
  4. 4Provision of the Act to override the provisions of any other law except the Central Act

Chapter II APPOINTMENT OF CONTROLLERS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS →

  1. 5Appointment of Controllers, Inspectors and other officers and staff
  2. 6Power to authorise Inspector to adjust weights and measures
  3. 7Controller, and officers appointed under this Act to be public servants
  4. 8Protection of action taken in good faith

Chapter III GENERAL PROVISIONS IN RELATION TO STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES →

  1. 9Prohibition of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures
  2. 10Rules to specify use of weights and measures only in certain cases
  3. 11Prohibition of quotations, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration

Chapter IV CUSTODY AND VERIFICATION OF STANDARD EQUIPMENTS →

  1. 12Custody and verification of reference standards
  2. 13Preparation of secondary and working standards
  3. 14Verification stamping and custody of secondary or working standards
  4. 15Secondary or working standard which may not be stamped

Chapter V MANUFACTURE REPAIR OR SALE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES →

  1. 16Issue of licence for the manufacture, repair or sale of weights or measures
  2. 17Suspension and cancellation of licence
  3. 18Manufacture of weights or measures
  4. 19Prohibition of sale or use of unstamped weights or measures
  5. 20No weight or measure which is required by or under this Act to be verified and stamped shall be sold, used or kept for use unless it has been verified and stamped.

Chapter VI VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHTS OR MEASURES →

  1. 21Verification and stamping of weights or measures
  2. 22Display of certificates of verification
  3. 23Validity of weights or measures duly stamped

Chapter VII INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE →

  1. 24Power to inspect
  2. 25Production of weight or measures and related documents or records for inspection and obliteration of stamps under certain circumstances
  3. 26Power of Inspector to enter premises
  4. 27Power to search
  5. 28Power of Inspector to seize any weight or measure
  6. 29Inspector to re-seal packages where net contents are found to have been correctly stated
  7. 30Forfeiture

Chapter IX PROVISIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SALE OF COMMODITIES IN ANY OTHER FORM →

  1. 32Sale of commodities by number
  2. 33Sale of commodities by heaps

Chapter X OFFENCES AND PENALTIES →

  1. 34Penalty for manufacturing, etc. of non-standard weights or measures
  2. 35Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc.
  3. 37Penalty for keeping non-standard weights or measures for use and for other contraventions
  4. 38Penalty for contravention of section 10
  5. 39Penalty for contravention of section 11
  6. 41Penalty for contravention of section 17
  7. 42Penalty for contravention of section 18
  8. 44Penalty for contravention of section 20
  9. 45Penalty for contravention of section 21
  10. 46Penalty for contravention of section 25
  11. 47Penalty for contravention of section 26
  12. 48Penalty for contravention of section 27 and 28
  13. 49Penalty for contravention of section 31
  14. 50Penalty for contravention of section 32
  15. 51Penalty for contravention of section 33
  16. 52Penalty for tampering with licence
  17. 53Penalty for selling or delivering rejected weights and measures
  18. 54Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the sale, as scrap, of any rejected weight or measure which has been defaced in the prescribed manner.
  19. 55Whoever impersonates in any way the Controller or an Inspector or any other officer authorised by the Controller shall be punished with imprisonment for term which may extend to three years.
  20. 56Wilful verification disclosure in contravention of law
  21. 57Vexatious search
  22. 58Penalty for contravention not specifically provided for
  23. 59Presumption to be made in certain cases
  24. 60When employer to be deemed to have abetted an offence
  25. 61Offence by companies
  26. 62Cognisance of offences
  27. 63Compounding of offences
  28. 64Provisions of Indian Penal Code not to apply to any offence under this Act

Chapter XI MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 65Transfer or transmission of business
  2. 66Licences neither saleable nor transferable
  3. 67A licence issued or renewed under this Act shall not be saleable or otherwise transferable.
  4. 68Levy of fees
  5. 69Power to make rules
  6. 70Power of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to make provisions of Central Act relating to approval of models applicable to models of weights of measures intended to be used within the territory
  7. 71Certain provisions of Act not to apply to factories manufacturing arms or ammunition for the Armed Forces of the Union

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