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Bare Act

The Nagaland Weights & Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968

General196846 sections

This Act establishes legal standards for weights and measuring instruments used in trade and commerce throughout the state of Nagaland. It requires the government to create and verify official reference standards to ensure accuracy, and it empowers appointed officials to inspect and certify commercial equipment. By regulating these measurements, the law prevents fraud and ensures fair transactions for consumers and businesses alike, maintaining trust in the marketplace and protecting public interests.

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

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