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The Orissa Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act

The Odisha Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958

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The Orissa Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958 establishes a uniform framework for standardizing weights and measuring instruments across Orissa. It regulates the manufacturing, repair, sale, verification, and stamping of commercial measuring devices, requiring traders and manufacturers to obtain official licenses and adhere to prescribed standard sets. The law applies to all businesses, merchants, commercial manufacturers, and enforcement inspectors within the state. By prohibiting unstamped, non-standard, or fraudulent instruments and mandating net-weight labeling on sealed containers, the Act protects consumers from unfair trade practices, ensures accurate transaction quantities, and promotes transparency and trust in commercial markets.

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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. Power to prescribe the use of weights only or measures only in certain cases
  9. 9. Marking of denominations on commercial weights and measures
  10. 10. Prohibitions 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 weights or measures on sealed containers
  15. 15. Appointment of Controller and other authorities and their powers and functions
  16. 16. Inspectors to enter into recognizance
  17. 17. Verification and stamping by Inspectors
  18. 18. Power to inspect, etc.
  19. 19. Power of Inspector to adjust weights or measures
  20. 20. Controller, Inspector, etc. to be public servants
  21. 21. Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and documents
  22. 22. Appeals
  23. 23. Levy of fees
  24. 24. Validity of weights and measures duly stamped
  25. 25. Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weight or measure.
  26. 26. Penalty for sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures
  27. 27. Penalty for use of unstamped commercial weights and measures
  28. 28. Penalty for manufacture of weights, etc., without licence
  29. 29. Penalty for use of weight or measure in contravention of section 8
  30. 30. Penalty for failure to mark weight or measure on sealed containers
  31. 31. Penalty for fraudulent use of weights or measures, etc.
  32. 32. Penalty for being in possession of false weight or measure, etc.
  33. 33. Penalty for making or selling false weight or measure, etc.
  34. 34. Penalty for giving short weight or measure
  35. 35. Penalty for forging etc., of weights or measures
  36. 36. Penalty for refusal to produce weight or measure for inspection
  37. 37. Penalty for breach of duty by Inspector
  38. 38. Protection of action taken in good faith
  39. 39. Cognizance of offences, etc.
  40. 40. Stamped weights, etc., to be presumed to be correct
  41. 41. Offences by companies
  42. 42. Delegation of powers
  43. 43. Limits of error to be prescribed
  44. 44. Power to make rules
  45. 45. Repeal

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