Power of State Government to make provisions of Central Act relating to approval of models applicable to models of weights or measures intended to be used exclusively within the State.

(1) Where any type of ·weight or measure manufactured by a licensed manufacturer is such that all the weights or measures of that type manufactured by him within the State of Sikkim is intended to be sold, distributed or delivered therein, the State Government may, by notification, direct that the model of every such type of weight or measure shall be submitted for approval in accordance with the provisions of sections 36, 37 and j 0 of the Central Act, and thereupon the provisons of the said sections 36, 37 and 38 shall become applicable to such model, and references in those sections to the "Central Government" and the "Central Act" shall be construed as references respectively to the State Government and this Act. (2) Where the State Government makes a direction under sub-section (1 )in relation to any type of weight or measure, any contravention of the provisions of sections 36, 37 or 38 of the Central Act in relation to that type of weight or measure shalT be an offence punishable under this Act and the punishment provided therefor in the Central Act shall be deemed to be the punishment provided therefore in this Act as if the said provisions relating to punishments were enacted by this Act.