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The Madhya Pradesh Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1959

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The Madhya Pradesh Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1959, is a regulatory statute designed to ensure fairness and accuracy in commercial transactions across the state. It mandates that all weights, measures, and weighing instruments used in trade must conform to government-approved standards. The Act requires traders, manufacturers, and repairers to register their equipment, have it verified and stamped by government inspectors, and maintain accurate records. By prohibiting the use of non-standard or tampered equipment, the law protects consumers from being short-changed. It empowers authorities to inspect business premises, seize faulty equipment, and penalize offenders, thereby maintaining integrity in the marketplace.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Working standards
  4. 4. Secondary standards
  5. 5. Reference standards
  6. 6. Standard weighing and measuring instruments
  7. 7. Prohibition of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures
  8. 8. Powers to prescribe use of weights only, or measures only, in certain cases
  9. 9. Marking of denominations on commercial weights and measures
  10. 10. Prohibition of sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures
  11. 11. Prohibition of use of unstamped commercial weights or measures
  12. 12. Power of State Government to exempt
  13. 13. Prohibition of manufacture, etc., of weights and measures without licence
  14. 14. Marking of weight or measure on sealed containers
  15. 15. Prohibition of quoting price or expressing quantity of any article otherwise than in terms of standard weight or
  16. 16. Verification and stamping by Inspectors
  17. 17. Power to inspect, etc
  18. 18. Power of Inspector to adjust weights or measures
  19. 19. Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and documents
  20. 20. Appeals
  21. 21. Levy of fees
  22. 22. Validity of weights and measures duly stamped
  23. 23. Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weight or measure
  24. 24. Penalty for sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures
  25. 25. Penalty for use of unstamped commercial weights and measures
  26. 26. Penalty for manufacture of weights, etc., without licence
  27. 27. Penalty for use of weight or measure in contravention of section
  28. 28. Penalty for failure to mark weight or measure on sealed containers
  29. 29. Penalty for quoting prices or expressing quantities otherwise than in terms of standard weights or measures in
  30. 30. Penalty for being in possession of false weight or measure, etc
  31. 31. Penalty for making or selling false weight or measure, etc
  32. 32. Penalty for delivering or receiving any quantity of article less than, or in excess of, the quantity fixed by the weight or measure in the contract
  33. 33. Penalty for forging etc. of weights, measures, etc
  34. 34. Penalty for neglect or refual to produce weight or measure etc., for inspection
  35. 35. Penalty for breach of duty by Inspector
  36. 36. Composition of offences
  37. 37. Protection of action taken in good faith
  38. 38. Controller, etc., appointed under the Act to be public servants
  39. 39. Cognizance of offence, etc
  40. 40. Stamped weight, etc. to be presumed to be correct
  41. 41. Offences by companies
  42. 42. Delegation of powers
  43. 43. Limits of error to be tolerated in weights and measures
  44. 44. Repeal
  45. 45. Power to make rules
  46. 46. Saving

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