Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
| Contents | |
| Sections | Particulars |
| Part I | Provisions Applicable To Every Part |
| 1 | Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2 | Definitions |
| 3 | Provisions of this Act to override the provisions of any other law |
| Part II | Establishment Of Standards Of Weights And Measures |
| Chapter I | Standard Units |
| 4 | Units of weight or measure to be based on metric system |
| 5 | Base unit of length |
| 6 | Base unit of mass |
| 7 | Base unit of time |
| 8 | Base unit of electric current |
| 9 | Base unit of thermodynamic temperature |
| 10 | Base unit of luminous intensity |
| 11 | Base unit of amount of substance |
| 12 | Supplementary, derived, special and other units of weight or measure-Their symbols, definitions, etc. |
| 13 | Base unit of numeration |
| 14 | Standard unit of weight or measure |
| Chapter II | Physical Representation Of Standard Units |
| 15 | National prototypes |
| 16 | National standards |
| 17 | National prototype and national standard how to be kept |
| 18 | Reference, secondary and working standards |
| 19 | Power to Central Government to prescribe physical characteristics, etc., of weights and measures |
| Chapter III | Standard Weights And Measures |
| 20 | Standard weight or measure |
| 21 | Use of non -standard weight or measure prohibited |
| 22 | Manufacture, of non-standard weight or measure prohibited |
| 23 | Prohibition with regard to inscriptions, etc. |
| Chapter IV | Custody And Verification Of Standard Equipments |
| 24 | Supply, etc. of reference standards |
| 25 | Preparation and custody of secondary or working standards |
| 26 | Verification, stamping, etc. of secondary or working standards |
| 27 | Secondary or working standard which may be stamped |
| Part III | Appointment And Powers Of Director And Other Staff |
| 28 | Appointment of Director and other staff |
| 29 | Power of inspection, etc. |
| 30 | Forfeiture |
| Part IV | Inter-State Trade Or Commerce In Weight, Measure Or Other Goods |
| Chapter I | Applicability Of This Part |
| 31 | Part IV to apply to interstate trade or commerce only |
| Chapter II | General |
| 32 | Use of weights only or measures only in certain cases |
| 33 | Prohibition of quotations, etc. otherwise than in terms of standard units of weights, measures or numeration |
| 34 | Any custom, usage, etc, contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void |
| 35 | Manufacturers, etc. to maintain records and registers |
| Chapter III | Approval Of Models |
| 36 | Approval of models |
| 37 | License to manufacture weights or measures when to be issued |
| 38 | Weight or measure to contain number of the approved model, etc. |
| Chapter IV | Commodities In Packaged Form Intended To Be Sold Or Distributed In The Course Of Inter-State Trade Or Commerce |
| 39 | Quantities and origin of commodities in packaged form to be declare |
| Chapter V | Verification And Stamping Of Weights And Measures Sent From One State To Another |
| 40 | Definitions |
| 41 | Verification and stamping of weights and measures sent from one State to another |
| 42 | Weight or measure of the first category to be presumed to be correct throughout the territory of India |
| 43 | Weight or measure of the first category not to be sold or used in any State unless it is stamped in the transfer or State |
| 44 | Weights or measures of the second category received from transferor State to be produced before the local Inspector of the transferee State |
| 45 | Procedure when any weight or measure is transferred from a transferee State to another State |
| 46 | Manufacturers, etc., who send any weight and measure to any other State to submit return to the Controller |
| Part V | Import And Export Of Weights And Measures |
| Chapter I | Registration Of Exporters And Importers |
| 47 | Persons exporting or importing any weight or measure to get themselves registered |
| Chapter II | Export And Import Of Weights, Measures And Commodities In Packaged Form |
| 48 | Conditions under which export of non-standard weights and measures and other goods may be made |
| 49 | Non-metric weight or measure not to be imported |
| Part | Offences And Their Trial |
| 50 | Penalty for use of non-standard weights or measures |
| 51 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 18 |
| 52 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 22 |
| 53 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 23 |
| 54 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 29 |
| 55 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 32 |
| 56 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 33 |
| 57 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 34 |
| 58 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 35 |
| 59 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 36 |
| 60 | Penalty for manufacture of weights or measures unless approval of model is in force |
| 61 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 38 |
| 62 | Penalty for sale, etc. of unverified weights or measures in the course of Inter-State trade or commerce |
| 63 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 39 |
| 64 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 47 |
| 65 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 48 |
| 66 | Penalty for contravention of Sec. 49 |
| 67 | Penalty where no specific penalty is provided |
| 68 | Presumption to be made in certain cases |
| 69 | Penalty for personation of officials |
| 70 | Penalty for giving false information or false returns |
| 71 | Vexatious actions |
| 72 | Cognizance of offences, etc. |
| 73 | Compounding of offences |
| 74 | Offences by companies and power of Court to publish name, place of business, etc. of companies convicted' |
| 75 | Provisions of Indian Penal Code not to apply to any offence punishable under this Act |
| Part VII | Training |
| 76 | Establishment of a Training Institute and provisions for training there at |
| 77 | Training at other places |
| Miscellaneous | |
| 78 | Survey and statistics |
| 79 | Conversion of non-metric weights and measures into standard units of weights or measures |
| 80 | Non-metric weight or measure not to be mentioned in any document, etc. or to form the basis of any contract after the commencement of this Act |
| 81 | Appeals |
| 82 | Levy of fees |
| 83 | Power to make rules |
| 84 | Continuance of certain weights and measures during transitional period |
| 85 | Repeal and savings |
| Schedule | |
(Act No. 60 of 1976)1
[8 th April, 1976]
An Act to establish standards of weights and measures, to regulate inter-State trade or commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: