In this Act, unless the context othe rwise requires,—
(a) “ Com mercial weight or measure” means a weig ht or measure purport ing to be a sta ndard weig ht or measure used in any tran sac tion for trade or comm erce ;
(b) “ Controlle r” means the Contro ller of Weights and Measures app oin ted under section 15 ;
ft) “ Inspec tor” means an Inspec tor of Weights and Measures app oin ted under section 15 ;
(d) “ M in t” means the m int of the Central Government eith er in Bombay cr in Ca lcu tta ;
(«) “ Pre scr ibed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
( / ) “ Standard weigh t or mea sure ” means any unit of mass or mea sure referred to in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Standards of Weights an d Measures Act, 1956 (Cen tra l Act 89 of 1956) and includes any oth er weight or measure p erm itte d to be used by the Central Government in pursuance of sub section (1) of section H o f the said Act ;
(g) “ Reference sta ndard s” means the sets o f standard weigh ts and measures supplied to the State Governme nt by the Central Government in pursuanc e of sub-sect ion (2) o f sect ion 15 of the Sta ndard s of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (Ce ntral Act 89 o f 1956);
(A) “Stam ping ” means marking in such manne r as to be so far as pract ica ble , indelib le and inclu des cast ing, eng raving , etching and br an ding ;
li) “ Verific ation” with it s g ram matica l var iations used with reference to a weight or mea sure or weighing or mea suring ins trument, includes the process of comp aring , check ing or test ing such weight or measure or weighing or mea suring ins tru me nt and also includes re-verifica tion ;
/> ■' I 3 ( j) “Weighing instr um en t” means any ins trument for weighing and includes scales with the weights belonging the reto , scale-beams, , balances, spring bala nces, steel yards an d oth er weighing mac hine s ;
(k} “ Measuring in strum ent” means any measuring ins tru me nt other 5 than a weighing ins trument and includes any ins tru me nt for measuring leng th, are a, volum e or capacity.
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