Short title, extent and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1979.

1. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh.
2. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government of Arunachal Pradesh may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different, (a) provisions of this Act,
   • (b) areas,
   • (c) classes of undertakings,
   • (d) classes of goods,
   • (e) classes of weights and measures, or
   • (f) classes of users of weights and measures, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in such areas, or in respect of such classes of undertakings, goods, weights and measures or users of weights and measures in relation to which this Act has been brought into force.