Definitions

Definitions.--In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires--

1. (a) "Additional Controller" includes a Joint Controller, Deputy Controller and an assistant controller appointed under section 5;
2. (b) "authorised seal or stamp" means a seal or stamp made in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the Central Act;
3. (c) "Central Act" means the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 (Act 60 of 1976);
4. (d) "Controller" means the Controller of Legal Metrology appointed by the Government under section 5;
5. (e) "counterfeit" in relation to any seal or stamp, means a seal or stamp which is so made as to resemble an authorised seal or stamp, as the case may be, with the intention of causing, or knowing it to be likely that it will cause, deception; Explanation 1.--It is not essential that the resemblance to the authorised seal or stamp should be exact. Explanation 2.--When a person causes a seal or stamp to resemble an authorised seal or stamp and the effect of such resemblance is such that a person relies on such seal or stamp, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the seal or stamp was made with the intention that deception would thereby be practised;
6. (f) "heap" means any unit of a commodity intended to be made without any container, and the sale is made by number, where the sale is made by number;
7. (g) "Inspector" means a person who is appointed as an Inspector under section 5, by whatever name called;
8. (h) "notification" means a notification published in the Government Gazette;
   • (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the Central Act or under this Act;
9. (j) "protection" means the utilisation of reading or information obtained from a weight or measure for determining a charge or as a basis for payment;
10. (k) "standard weight or measure" means a weight, measure or number which conforms to the standards established by or under the Central Act;
11. (l) "State Government" means the Government of Jammu and Kashmir;
12. (m) words and expressions used in this Act and not defined but defined in the Central Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.