Production of weight or measures and related documents or records for inspection and obliteration of stamps under certain circumstances

25. (1) An Inspector may, if he has any reasonable cause to believe that an offence punishable under this Act has been, or is likely to be, committed in respect of any weight or measure or that any weight or measure does not conform to the standards established, by or under the Central Act, require, at all reasonable times the person having the custody or control of such weight or measure to produce before him for inspection every such weight or measure which, (i) is used by such person or is caused by such person to be used by any other person, or

1. (ii) is in the possession, custody or control of such person for use, or
2. (iii) is kept in or on any premises for use in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection.

1. (2) The Inspector may also require the production of every document or other record relating to the weight or measure referred to in sub-section (1) and the person having the custody or control of such weight or measure shall comply with such requisition.
2. (3) On inspection, whether under section 24 or under this section, the inspector may obliterate the stamp on any weight or measure, (a) which does not, or cannot be made to, conform to the standards established by or under the Central Act : Provided that where the Inspector is of opinion that the defect or error in such weight or measure is not such as to require immediate obliteration of the stamp, he shall serve a notice on the user of such weight or measure informing him of the defect or error found in the weight or measure and calling upon him to remove the defect or error within such time, not exceeding eight days, as he may specify and shall, (i) if the user fails to remove the defect or error within that period, obliterate the stamp, or
   • (ii) if the defect or error is so removed as to make the weight or measure conform to the standards established by or under the Central Act, verify such weight or measure and put his stamp thereon ;
   • (b) which does not admit of proper adjustment owing to its being broken, indented or other wise defective ;
   • (c) which, since the last verification and stamping, has been repaired or re-adjusted but does not, after such repair or re-adjustment, conform to the standards established by or under the Central Act ;
   • (d) which, being due for verification, has not been submitted for such verification.