THE WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES (INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM) ACT, 1967
[1]Act
No. V of 1967
[10th June, 1967]
An Act to establish standards of weights and measures based on the [2][International]
system.
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish
standards of weights and measures based on the [3][International]
system and to provide for matters connected therewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows:__
1. Short title, extent and commencement.__
This Act may be called the Weights and Measures 3[International]
system) Act, 1967.
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan .
(3) It shall come into force on such
date as the [4][Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint; and
different dates may be appointed in respect of different provisions of this
Act, or for different areas or for different classes of goods or classes of
undertakings.
2. Definitions.__ In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,__
(1) “ampere” means that constant current which,
flowing in two parallel straight conductors of infinite length, of negligible
circular cross section and placed at a distance of one meter from each other in
vacuum, produces a force of 2 x 10__7 newtons per meter length
between the conductors';
(2) “Assistant Controller” means an Assistant
Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under Section 14;
(3) “Candela” means one‑sixtieth part of luminous
intensity normally emitted by one centimeter square of integral radiator (black
body) at the temperature of solidification of platinum;
(4) “commercial weight or measure” means a weight
or measure used or intended to be used in any transactions of trade or
commerce;
(5) “Controller” means the Controller of Weights
and Measures appointed under Section 14 and includes a Deputy Controller of
Weights and Measures and an Assistant Controller of Weights and Measures;
(6) “Deputy Controller” means a Deputy Controller
of Weights and Measures appointed under Section 14;
(7) “First General Conference of Weights and
Measures” means the Conference General des
poids et measures held at Paris
in 1889;
(8) “Inspector” means an Inspector of Weights and
Measures appointed under Section 14 and includes an Assistant Inspector of
Weights and Measures;
(9) “International Bureau of Weights and Measures”
means the Bureau International des poids et measures et Sevres in France ;
(10) ”Kilogram” means the mass of the Platinum‑irridium
cylinder deposited at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and
declared international prototype of the kilogram by the First General
Conference of Weights and Measures;
(11) “liter” is the volume occupied by the mass of
one kilogram of pure air-free water at the temperature of its maximum density
and under normal atmospheric pressure;
(12) “measuring instrument” includes, any instrument
for measuring length, area, volume or capacity but does not include a weighing
instrument;
(13) “meter” means the length equal to 1,650,763.73
wave‑lengths, in vacuum, of the radiation corresponding to the transition
between the 2p and 5d levels or has Krypton atom of mass 86;
[5][(13‑a)
“mole” means the amount of substance of a system which contains as many
elementary entitles as there are atoms in 0.012 Kilograms of carbon 12 ;]
(14) “Normal atmospheric pressure” means the
pressure exercised by 1,01,325 newtons per square meter, a newton being the
force which imparts to a mass of one kilogram an acceleration of one meter per
second per second;
(15) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
(16) “reference standards” means the sets of
weights and measures prepared under Section 10;
(17) “rules” means rules made under this Act;
[6][(18) “Second” means the duration of 9 192 631 770
periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyper
fine levels of the grounds state of the cesum‑‑133 atoms;]
(19) “secondary standard” means the sets of
weights and measures prepared under Section 11;
(20) “stamping” means marking in such manner as
to be, so far as practicable, indelible and includes casting, engraving,
etching and branding;
[7][(20‑A)
“Standard instrument” means the set of weighing instruments and measuring
instruments prepared under Section 13;]
(21) “standard measure” means such a standard of
measure specified in sub‑section (1) of Section 8, as does not relate to mass;
(22) “Standard weight” means such a standard of
measure specified in sub‑section (1) of Section 8 as relates to mass;
(23) “trade”, with its grammatical variations,
means any sale, bargain, transaction, dealing or contract and includes
collection of tolls and duties;
(24) “verify”, with its grammatical variations,
means verify or reverify in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the
rules;
(25) “Weighing instrument” means any instrument
for measuring weight and inciudes, scales, with the weights belonging thereto,
scale beams, balances, spring balances, steelyards Electronic and other
weighing machines;
2[(25‑A)
“working instrument” means the set of weighing instruments and measuring
instruments prepared under Section 13‑A;]
(26) “working standard” means the sets of weights and measures
prepared under Section 12.
3.
Certain units of measure.__ (1) The unit of electric current shall be an
ampere.
(2) The unit of luminous intensity shall be a candela.
[8][4. Scale of temperature.__ The Kelvin unit of thermodynamic
temperature is the fraction 1 /273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the
triple point of water.]
5. Certain primary units of measure.__
(1) The
primary unit of mass shall be a kilogram:
Provided that in the case of pearls and precious stones the primary
unit of mass shall be a carat which is equal to one five‑thousandth of one
kilogram.
(2) The primary unit of length shall be a meter.
(3) The primary unit of area shall be the square meter.
(4) The
primary unit of volume shall be the cubic meter.
(5) The
primary unit of capacity shall be a liter.
(6) The primary unit of time shall be a second.
6. National prototype of certain primary units.__ (1) The [9][Federal
Government] shall cause to be prepared a national prototype of the kilogram and
shall cause the same to be certified in terms of the international prototype of
kilogram and shall deposit the same in such custody and at such place as it may
deem fit.
(2) The 2[Federal Government] shall cause to be
prepared a national prototype of the meter and shall cause the same to be
certified by the prototype Bureau of Weights and Measures and shall deposit the
same in such custody and at such place as it may deem fit.
7. Secondary units of measure.__ The 2[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare the magnitude
and denomination of such units of measure as it deems fit to be the secondary
units of measure under this Act:
Provided that every such secondary unit except that of time shall
be an integral positive or negative power of ten of the relevant primary unit.
8. Standard of measure.__ (1) The primary units of
measure referred to in Section 5 and the secondary units of measure declared
under Section 7 shall be the standards of measure.
(2) The weight at any place of the
primary unit of mass referred to in sub‑section (1) of Section 5 shall be the
standard unit of weight at that place.
9. Conversion of
existing weights and measures into standard of measure.__ : (1) The value
expressed in terms of any weight set forth in subsection (1) of Section 3 of
the Standards of Weight Act, 1939 (IX of 1939), or in terms of any Measure
expressed in inches, feet, yards, miles or nautical miles or in gallons may be
converted into the value expressed in terms of the appropriate standard of
measure at the rate specified in the First Schedule.
(2) The [10][Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify the rates at
which the value expressed in terms of any weight or measure other than those
referred to in sub‑section (1) may be converted into the value expressed in
terms of the standard of measure.
(3) All
references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order under any
enactment or in any contract, deed or other instrument to a value expressed in
terms of any weight or measure shall be construed as references to that value
expressed in terms of the appropriate standard of measure converted thereto at
the rates specified in the First Schedule or in a notification section (2), as
the case may be.
(4) Where in
any transaction the value expressed in terms of any weight or measure is
required to be converted into the value expressed in terms of the standard of
measure under this section, the calculation, for the purposes of such
transaction, shall be made in such manners as may be prescribed.
10. Reference
standards.__ (1)
The 1[Federal Government] shall cause to be prepared as many sets of
such standards of measure specified in subsection (1) of Section 8 or
multiples or sub‑multiples thereof, to be called reference standards as it may
consider expedient and shall cause the measure of each such set to be
authenticated as having been ascertained from the primary units of measure.
(2) The
reference standards shall be kept at such place, in such custody and in such‑manner
as may be prescribed.
11. Secondary
standards.__ (1)
For the purpose of verifying the correctness of the working standards, the 1[Federal
Government] may cause to be prepared as many sets of standard weights and
standard measures, to be called secondary standards, as it may consider
expedient and shall cause each such set to be authenticated as having been
verified with the reference standards.
(2) The
secondary standards shall be kept at such places, in such custody and in such manner
as may be prescribed and shall be verified with the reference standards at
least once in every five years and marked with the date of such verification.
12. Working standards.__ (1) For the purpose of
verifying the correctness of commercial weights and measures [11][each
Provincial Government] may cause to be prepared as many sets of standard
weights and standard measures, to be called working standards, as it may
consider expedient and shall cause each such set to be authenticated as having
been verified with the secondary standards [.][12]
[13] * * *
* * * *
(2) The working standards
shall be kept at such place, in such custody and in such manner as may be
prescribed [14][by the
Provincial Government] and shall be verified with the secondary standards or
reference standards, as the case may be, at such intervals and in such manner
as may be prescribed and marked with the date of such verification.
(3) A working
standard which has not been verified at any interval prescribed therefor shall
not, after the expiry of the day closing the interval, be used until it has
been verified and marked with the date of verification.
13. Standard weighing
and measuring instruments.__ [15][(1)
For the purpose of verifying the correctness of the working weighing instruments
and working measuring instruments, the Federal Government may cause to be
prepared as many sets of standard weighing instruments and standard measuring
instruments, to, be called the standard instruments, as it may consider
expedient, and the correctness of such instruments shall be verified, and the
date of such verification shall be marked, in such manner as may be prescribed];
(2) The standard
weighing instruments and standard measuring instruments shall be kept at all
places where the secondary standards [16] * * *
are kept.
[17][13‑A. Working, weighing and measuring
instruments.__ (1) For the purpose of verifying the correctness
of the weighing instruments and measuring instruments used in trade or
commerce, the Provincial Government may cause to be prepared as many sets of
working, weighing instruments and working measuring instruments, to be called
the working instruments, as it may consider expedient and shall cause each such
set to be authenticated as having been verified with the standard weighing
instruments and standard measuring instruments.
(2) The working instruments shall be kept
at such place, in such custody and in such manner as may be prescribed by the
Provincial Government and shall be verified with the standard instruments at
such intervals and in such manner as may be prescribed and marked with the date
of such verification.
(3) A working instrument which has
not been verified at an interval prescribed therefor shall not after the expiry
of the day closing the interval, be used until it has been verified and marked
with the date of verification.]
14. Appointment of Controllers,
Inspectors, etc.__ (1) The [18][Federal
Government] may appoint a Controller of Weights and Measures [19] *
* * and as many Deputy Controllers,
Assistant Controllers, Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors of Weights and
Measures as it may deem fit.
(2) Subject to the provisions of
this Act and the rules, all Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers,
Inspectors, and Assistant Inspectors shall perform their functions under the
general superintendence and control of the Controller.
(3) The Deputy Controllers and
Assistant Controllers may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or
imposed on them by or under this Act, exercise any power or discharge any duty
so conferred or imposed on an Inspector.
(4)
The 1[Federal Government] may, by general or special order, define
the local limits within which each [20][Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controller and] Inspector shall exercise the powers and
discharge the duties conferred or imposed on an Inspector by or under this Act.
(5) Every Controller, Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controller, Inspector and Assistant Inspector shall be
deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Pakistan
Penal Code.
15. Verification and stamping by
Inspectors.__ An Inspector shall, at such place [21][and
at such time as the Controller may direct, verify a working standard or working
instrument brought or referred] to him for the purpose and shall, if he finds
it correct and in conformity with this Act and the rules, stamp it with a stamp
of verification in the prescribed manner.
[22][16.
Power to inspect and verify working standards and working instruments.__ (1) An Inspector may,
after notice to the Provincial Government by the Controller, inspect and verify
with a reference standard, secondary standard or standard instrument any
working standard or working instrument.
(2) Where a working
standard or working instrument inspected and verified under sub‑section (1) is
not found to be what it purports to be, the Inspector may detain it under seal
and shall inform the Controller of such detention, and the Controller shall
refer the matter to the Provincial Government for such action as it thinks
necessary].
17. [Power
to inspect and verify the contents of sealed packages and containers.] Omitted by the weights and measures
(International System) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s.9.
18. [Power
to adjust weights and measures.] Omitted
by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (
XVI of 1978),s. 9.
19. [
Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and documents] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
20. [Penalty
for neglect or refusal to produce weight or, measure, etc., for inspection.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of
1978), s. 9
21. [Penalty
for breach of duty by Controller, etc.,] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.)
Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
22. Prohibition
of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures.__ (1) Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law or any custom or usage or practice, no unit
of measure, other than a standard weight or standard measure, shall, after the
expiry of six months from the date on which this section has come into force in
any area or in relation to any goods or undertakings, be used, except as
permitted under sub‑section (2) in such area or in relation to such goods or
undertakings in any transaction of trade or commerce or in any dealing or
contract.
(2) The [23][Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, permit the
continuance of the use in any area in which, or in relation to any class of
goods or undertakings in respect of which, this section has come into force, of
such weight or measure which was in use immediately before the date of such
coming into force, for such period not exceeding three years from that date, as
may be specified in the notification.
(3) Whoever
contravenes the provisions of sub‑section (1) shall be punishable with rigorous
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, on with fine which may
extend to two thousand and five hundred rupees, or with both.
23. [Prohibition
of demanding or receiving a quantity different from that determined in terms of
standard weight, etc.,] Omitted
by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amendment) Ordinance,
1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
24. Power to
direct the use of weights only, or measures only, in certain areas.__ (1) The [24][Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that no
transaction, dealing or contract shall be made in such area, from such date,
subject to such conditions and in respect of such trade or class of trades as
may be specified therein, except by weight only or except by measure only.
(2) Whoever
contravenes the provisions of sub‑section (1) shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to five thousand rupees.
25. [Commercial
weights and measures to bear mark of nomination] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978
(XVI of 1978), s. 9.
26. [Prohibition
of sale, etc., unstamped commercial weights and measures] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978
(XVI of 1978), s. 9.
27. [Prohibition
of the manufacture, etc., of
weights and measures without licence.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
28. [Marking
of weight or measure on sealed containers.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.)
Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
29. [Penalty
for forging or using forged stamps or weights, measures, etc.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
30. [Penalty
for using or selling forged weight, measure, etc.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
31. [Offences by companies.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
32. Validity of weights and measures
duly stamped.__ A
weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument, stamped in the [25][manner
prescribed by the Provincial Government] shall be a legal weight, measure,
weighting instrument or measuring instrument in all areas in which this Act has
come into force, unless it is found to be false or defective, and shall not be
liable to be re‑stamped by reason merely of the fact that it is used in any
place other than that in which it was originally stamped.
33. [Stamped weight, etc. to be
presumed to be correct.] Omitted
by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 19 78), s.11.
34. Limits of error to be tolerated in
weights and measures.__ The
[26][Federal
Government] may prescribe the limits of error which may be tolerated__
(a) in secondary standards referred to in Section
11;
(b) in working standards referred to in Section
12;
(c) in commercial weights and measures or in
selling articles by weights or measure generally or as regards any trade or
class of trades; and
(d) in weighing instruments and measuring
instruments.
35. [Appeal.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 11.
36. Indemnity.__ No suit, prosecution or
other legal' proceeding shall lie against any person in respect of anything
which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or
the rules.
37. Cognizance of offences.__ No Court shall take cognizance of an
offence punishable under this Act except upon complaint in writing made by the
Controller or Inspector or any other person authorised in this behalf by the
Federal Government by a general or special order.
38. [Forfeiture of weights, measures, etc.] Omitted by the Weights
and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 11.
39. Power to exempt.__ (1) The 2[Federal
Government] may, subject to such conditions, if any, as it may deem fit to
impose, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any Government
institution or any commodity or trade from all or any of the provisions of this
Act.
(2) Any notification issued under sub‑section
(1) shall, at the earliest opportunity, be laid before the National Assembly
which may, by a resolution passed by it, amend, vary or rescind such
notification.
(3) A notification issued
under sub‑section (1) shall stand amended, varied or rescinded, according as a
resolution to that effect is passed by the National Assembly, upon the passing
of such resolution.
40. Delegation of
powers.__ The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that all or
any of the powers exercisable by it under this Act, other than those under
Section 39, or the rules shall, in relation to such matters as may be specified
in the notification, be exercisable also by a Provincial Government.
41. Power to make rules.__ (1) The [27][Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry
out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:__
(a) the preparation
of the standards of measure;
(b) the custody of the sets of reference
standards, secondary standards and [28][standard
instruments], and the periodical verification and adjustment thereof;
(c) The limits of error which may be tolerated in
secondary standards, [29][standard
instruments working instruments,] weights, measures, weighing instruments and
measuring instruments used or intended to be used in trade or commerce, or in
the actual weighing or measuring of articles in the course of any trade or
class of trades;
(d) the manner in which the value expressed in
terms of any weight or measure other than in terms of standard of measure may
be converted thereto;
(e) the material of which and the designs and
specifications according to which working standards may be made the agency, by
which such standards may be made, that person by whom or the authority by which
and the manner in which such standards may be stamped and authenticated [30]*
* * ;
(f) the procedure for the verification and
marking of working standards, the person by whom, the place at which and the
intervals at which, they may be marked;
(g) the material of which and the designs and
specifications according to which secondary standards may be made, the place at
which and the custody and manner in which such standards may be kept;
(h) the procedure for verification and marking of
secondary standards and the manner in which they may be marked;
(i) the number of [31][standard
weighing instruments and standard measuring instruments] to be kept, the manner
in which they may be verified and stamped and necessary particulars regarding
the same;
[32]* * * * * * *
(l) the powers, functions and duties of the
Controller [33][Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controllers, Inspector and Assistant Inspector];
(m) the qualifications, powers, functions and
duties of Inspectors;
(n) the verification and stamping of [34][working
standard and working instruments”.
2* * * * * * *
(t) any other matter necessary for giving effect
to the purposes of this Act.
(3) In making any rules under this
section, the [35][Federal
Government] may provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine
which may extend to five hundred rupees.
42. Repeal.__ (1) The enactments
specified in Part I of the Second Schedule shall stand repealed in an area in
which or in relation to any good or undertaking in respect of which this Act
comes into force.
(2) The enactments specified in Part II of
the Second Schedule shall, to the extent to which they contain any provision
which corresponds to any provision of this Act, stand repealed.
(3) If, immediately before the
commencement of this Act or any provision thereof in any area or in relation to
any class of goods or undertakings, there is in force in that area or in
relation to that class of goods or undertakings, any law which corresponds to
this act or to any such provision thereof and which is not repealed by sub‑section
(1) or sub‑section (2), that corresponding law shall stand repealed.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See section 9(1)]
STANDARD OF WEIGHT
1 grain __ 0.000064799 kilogram
1 ounce __ 0.0283495 kilogram
1 cwt __ 0.4535924 kilogram
1 ton __ 50.802 kilogram
1 tola __ 1016.05 kilogram
1 seer __ 0.0116638 kilogram
1 maund __ 37.3242 kilogram
STANDARD
OF LENGTH AND CAPACITY
1 inch __ 0.0255 kilogram
1 foot __ 0.3048 kilogram
1 yard __ 0.9144 kilogram
1 mile __ 1609.344 kilogram
1 mautical mile __ 1852 kilogram
1 Imperial gallon __ 4.54596 kilogram
___
THE
SECOND SCHEDULE
(See
section 42)
PART I
1. The Measures
of Length Act, 1889 (II of 1889).
2. The Standards
of Weight Act, 1939 (IX of 1939)
PART II
1. The Weights and Measures of Capacity Act,
1871 (XXXI of 1871).
2.
The Sindh Weights and Measures Act, 1932(Sindh Act XV of 1932).
3.
The Bombay Weights and Measures Act, 1932, as applicable to Karachi Division.
4.
The Punjab Weights and Measures Act, 1941
(Punjab Act XII of 1941).
5.
The Bahawalpur State Weights and Measures Act, 1946.
6.
The North-West Frontier Weights and Measures Act, 1947 (N.W.F.P. Act XXII of
1947)
______
[1]For
Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz of P. 1966, Ext. (Dacca ),p.213.
The Act
has been brought into force with effect from the 1st day of july, 1974, in
respect of certain undertaking specified in S.R.O. 893 (I)/74, see , Gaz. of
P., 974, Ext.pt. II, pp. 1070-1071.
For such Notif.enforcing the Act in respect of
certain undertaking see Gaz. of p., 1974, Ext.pt. II.pp. 1070-1071 and 1782,
ibid., (Islamabad ),
p.1922, ibid., 1975, Ext. pt.III., p. 18, 1bid, p.841.
[2]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974),s. for
“Metric”.
[3]Subs. ibid.,
for “Metric”.
[4]Subs. ibid.,
for “Central Government”.
[5]Ins. by the Weights and
Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.3.
[6]Subs. by
the Weights and Measures (Metric system) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.3,
for cl.18.
[7]Ins. by
the Weights and Measures (International systems) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (16 of
1978), s.2.
[8]Subs. by the
weights and Measures (Metric system) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (9 of 1974), s. 4, for
“section 4”.
[9]Subs. ibid
s. 2, for Central Government”.
[10]Subs. by the Weights and
Measures (Metric system) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974). S, 3, for “Central
Government”.
[11]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinace, 1978 (16 of
1978), s. 3, for “the Federal”, which
was previously amended by Act 29 of 1974, s. 2, for “Central Government”.
[12]Subs. ibid.,
for colon.
[13]Proviso
omitted ibid.,
[14]Ins. ibid.,
[15]Subs. ibid.,
for sub-section (1), s.4
[16]Omitted
ibid., ss., 4 and 6.
[17]New section
13 A ins. ibid., s.5.
[18]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.2. for
“Central Government”.
[19]Omitted by
the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (16 of
1978), s.6.
[20]Ins, ibid.,
s.6.
[21]Subs. ibid.,
s.7, for certain words.
[22]Subs. ibid.,
s. 8, for section 16.
[23]Subs. by
the Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2,
for “Central Government”.
[24]Subs. by the Weights and
Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2 for “Central
Government”.
[25]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 10, for
“prescribed manner”.
[26]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for
“Central Government”.
[27]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for
“Central Government”.
[28]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 12, for
“Working Standards”.
[29]Ins. ibid.,
[30]Certain
words omitted ibid.
[31]Subs. by the
Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 12, for
certain word.
[32]Cls.(j)
(k),(p),(q)’ (r) and (s) ibid.
[33]Added ibid.,
[34]Subs. ibid.,
for certain words.
[35] Subs. by
the Weights and Measures (Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2,
for “Central Government”.
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