Power to make rules

Power to make rules.--(1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Government Gazette make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

1. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :--
   • (a) the class of goods, undertakings or transactions to which no provision of this Act or any rule made thereunder shall be applicable, or those to which they shall be applicable only with reference to weight, measure or number ;
   • (b) the places at which, and the custody in which, the following standards shall be kept, namely :--
     • (i) reference standards ;
     • (ii) secondary standards ;
     • (iii) working standards ;
   • (c) the authority by whom or the agency by which and the place at which the following standards shall be verified, authenticated and stamped, namely :--
     • (i) secondary standards ;
     • (ii) working standards ;
   • (d) the form in which and the manner in which an application shall be made for the issue of a licence to a manufacturer, repairer or dealer of any weight or measure ;
   • (e) the form in which and the terms and conditions, if any, subject to which any licence may be issued and the period of validity of such licence ;
   • (f) the sum to be furnished by a repairer as security by a licensee ;
   • (g) the scale of fees of, or including, the fees which may be charged for the issue of renewal of a licence ;
   • (h) the maintenance of records and registers and the manner of maintenance and the distribution of the proceeds thereof ;
     • (i) the records and the registers to be maintained by makers, manufacturers, repairers or dealers ;
   • (j) the period within which weights or measures shall be verified or re-verified ;
   • (k) the circumstances under which any weight or measure may be moved from its location ;
   • (l) the form in which a certificate of verification shall be granted ;
   • (m) subject to the provisions of section 26, the premises which the Inspector may enter ;
   • (n) the form of, and the manner of, disposal of rejected weights or measures ;
   • (o) the form in which appeals may be preferred and the procedure for the hearing of appeals ;
   • (p) the amount of fees which may be levied for matters specified in section 65 ;
   • (q) any other matter which is to be, or may be, prescribed.
2. (3) In making any rule under this section the State Government may provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine as may be prescribed.
3. (4) The power to make rules shall be subject to the condition of previous publication in the Government Gazette.
4. (5) Every rule made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before the State Legislature.