(1) A consumer may make a complaint in writing to the company that the meter supplied to him is not correct and the company shall, within forty-eight hours of the receipt of such complaint, test the meter in the presence of the consumer or his representative if the consumer so desires and if the meter is found to be otherwise than correct, shall replace it by correct meter within the next forty-eight hours or such longer time as may be allowed by the Inspector.
(2) Where on such testing the meter is found to be correct, the consumer shall, if demanded by the company in writing, be liable to pay to the company a testing charge not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, a meter shall be deemed to be correct if it does not register measurement of gas more than 3 per cent above or below the correct measurement.