(1) The units of weight or measure or number shall be specified in accordance with the units specified in sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3), as the casemay be.
(2) When expressing a quantity less than,-
(a) one kilogram, the unit of weight shall be the gram;
(b) one metre, the unit of length shall be the centimetre;
(c) one square metre, the unit of area shall be the square decimetre;
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.(d) one cubic metre, the unit of volume shall be one cubic centimetre;
(e) one cubic decimetre, the unit of volume shall be the cubic centimetre;
(f) one litre, the unit of volume shall be the millilitre.
(3) When expressinga quantity of equal to or more than-
(a) one kilogram, the unit of weight shall be the kilogram and any fraction of a kilogram shall be expressed in terms of decimal of sub-multiples of kilogram or in terms of grams;
(b) one metre, the unit of length shall be the metre and any fraction of a metre shall be expressed in terms of decimal of sub-multiples of the metre or in terms of centimetre;
(c) square metre, the unit of the area shall be the square metre and any fraction of a square metre shall be expressed in terms of decimal of sub-multiple of the squaremetre.
(d) cubic metre, the unit of volume shall be the cubic metre and any fraction of a cubic metre shall be expressed in terms of decimal sub-multiple of the cubic metre;
(e) one litre, the unit of volume shall be the litre and any fraction of a litre shall be expressedin terms of dedrnal of sub-multiple of the litre:
Provided that where the quantity to be expressed is equal to one kilogram, one metre, one square metre, one cubic decimetre, one cubic metre or one litre, as the case may be, such quantity may be expressed at the option of the manufacturer or the packer or the importer, as the case may be, in terms of gram, centimetre, square decimetre, cubic centimetre, cubic decimetre or C'Wtf J"_~ 3(i)] '111m CfiT ~ : 3ffiT~ ~~:m3-i~"'~lli~tr~e~a~s~th~e=c~a~se~m~a=y~b=e=.=================================
(4) No number called the dozen, score, gross, great gross or the like shall be 55 specifiedor indicated on any package.
(5) Symbol of units:-(i) No system of units other than the International System of Units shall be used in furnishing the net quantity of the package;
(ii) For items sold by number the symbol should be N or U.