Legal Metrology Act

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THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 [Act No. 1 of 2010] [13th January, 2010] PREAMBLE An Act to establish and enforce standards of weights and measures, regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- (1) This Act may be called the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such [1] date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Footnotes ^ Effective from 01.03.2011 vide Dated 31.12.2010. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) Controller means the Controller of Legal Metrology appointed under section 14; (b) dealer, in relation to any weight or measure, means a person who, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing any such weight or measure, whether for cash or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other valuable cons