(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that in any specified trade or class of trades no transaction, dealing or contract shall be made or had except by weight only or except by measure only.
(2) A notification issued under this section shall take effect in such area, with effect from such date, and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified therein,
CHAPTER III VERIFICATION AND STAMPING OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Marking ot denominations on commercial weights and measures.
9. Every weight or measure manufactured for use as a commercial weight or measure shall bear the description of the weight or measure which it purports to be marked legibly on it in such manner as may be prescribed.
Prohibition of sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures.
10. No commercial weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall be sold or delivered unless it has been verified in accordance with the rules made under this Regulation and stamped in the prescribed manner by an Inspector with a stamp of verification.
Prohibition of use of unstamped commercial weights or measures.
11. No weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall be used in transactions for trade or commerce unless it has been verified in accordance with the rules made under this Regulation and stamped in the prescribed manner by an Inspector with a stamp of verification.
Power to exempt.
12. Where the size of a commercial weight or measure renders it impracticable to have any denomination marked on it under the provisions of section 9 or to be stamped under the provisions of section 10 or section 11, the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt such weight or measure from being so marked or stamped.
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13. No person shall, in course of rade, manufacture, repair or sell any commercial weight or measure or any weighing or measuring instrument, unless he has obtained in the prescribed manner a licence in this behalf from the Chief CommissioLer or any officer authorised by him.
r Prohibition 7 of manufac - * mrcj etc., r of weights, 1 and measures without licence.
14. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his possession for sale, any article contained in a sealed package or container, unless such package or container bears thei^on, or on a label securely attached thereto, a description of the nei weight or measure of the article contained therein:
Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to an article sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or had in possession for sale, which is not ordinarily sold in transactions for trade or commerce by weight or measure.
1 Marking of r weights or , measures on scaled cenr tnincrs.