(1) This Regulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Regulation, 1959.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Regulation or for different areas or for different classes of undertakings or for different classes of goods C 5 ) Short title, extent and commencement.
6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II Definitions, 2. In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
(b) "commercial weight or measure" means a weight or measure purporting to be a standard weight or measure used in any transactions for trade or commerce;
(c) "Controller" means the Controller of Weights .and Measures appointed under section 15;
(d) "Inspector" means an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 15;
(e) "measuring instrument" means any measuring instrument other than a weighing instrument, and includes any instrument for measuring length, area, volume or capacity;
(f) "Mint" means the mint of the Central Government either in Bombay or in Calcutta;
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Regulation;
(h) "reference standards" means the sets of standard weights and measures supplied to the Chief Commissioner by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956; *
(i) "stamping" means marking in such manner as to be, so far as practicable, indelible, and includes casting, engraving, etching and branding;
89 of 1956.
(j) "standard weight or measure" means any unit ®f mass or measure referred to in sub-section (I) of section 13 01 the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956, and includes any other weight or measure permitted to be used by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 14 of the said Act;
(k) "verification", with its grammatical variations, used with reference to a weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, includes the process of comparing, checking or testing such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, and also includes re-verification;
(I) "weighing instrument" means any instrument for weighing, and includes scales with the weights belonging thereto, scale-beams, balances, spring balances, steel yards and other weighing machines.
89 of 1936.
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