Issue of licence for the manufacture, repair or sale of weights or measures

16. (1) No person shall make manufacture, repair or sell any weight or measure unless he holds a valid licence issued in this behalf by the Controller authorising such person to do so :

Provided that a bonafide person who repairs in his premises any weight or measure owned by him shall not be required to take out a licence referred to in this sub-section if he, in the opinion of the Controller, (a) has the technical competence and the necessary equipment to repair such weight or measure, or

1. (b) having the necessary equipment for the repair of such weight or measure in his possession, has persons in his employment who have the technical competence to repair such weight or measure.

1. (2) A person who intends to commence, after the commencement of this Act, business as a maker, manufacturer, repairer or seller of any weight or measure, shall make an application in such form as may be prescribed, for the issue of a licence and every licence so issued may be renewed if an application for its renewal is made in the prescribed form at least one month before the expiry of the period of its validity.
2. (3) The Controller may, if he is satisfied that the maker, manufacturer, repairer or seller, as the case may be, of any weight or measure was prevented by sufficient cause from making application for the renewal of his licence before the expiry of the period of the validity thereof, permit him to make the application within a further period of one month from the date of expiry of the said period on payment by him of such further fee, not exceeding the fee which is payable for the issue of the licence.
3. (4) The Controller may require every repairer licensed under this Act to furnish to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh a security for such sum, not exceeding two thousand rupees, as may be prescribed, to enable the Government to compensate any owner of weight or measure for any loss or damage occasioned by such repairer. (5)