Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weight or measure

Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weight or measure.-Whoever, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this section, sells or causes to be sold or delivers or causes to be delivered in the course of any transaction for trade or commerce any article by any denomination of weight or measure other than one of the standard weights or measures, or whoever after the commencement of this Act, keeps any unit of mass or measure other than one of the standard weights and measures in any premises where such transactions are usually conducted shall be punishable, for a first offence, with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and, for a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a period which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.