(1) The Government may charge such fees as may be prescribed-
(a) for the grant of a licence under section 13, for manufacture, repair or sale of commercial weights and measures or weighing and measuring instruments, and
(b) for the verification, stamping and adjustment of commercial weights and measures or weighing and measuring instruments.
(2) All amounts payable to Government under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.
22. A weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, duly stamped by an Inspector under this Act, shall be a legal weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument in all places to which this Act applies unless it is found to be false or defective and shall not be liable to be Levy and collection of fees.
Validity of weights and measures duly stamped.
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CHAPTER - IV PENALTIES.
23. Whoever, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this section sells or causes to be sold or delivers or causes to be delivered in the course of any transaction for trade or commerce any article by any denomination of weight or measure other than one of the standard weights or measures shall be punishable for a first offence, with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and for a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.
24. Whoever sells or delivers any commercial weight or measure or any weighing or measuring instrument which has not been verified or reverified and stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.
25. Whoever uses in any transaction for trade or commerce, or has in his possession for such use, any commercial weight or measure or any weighing or measuring instrument which has not been verified or reverified and stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder shall be punishable for a first offence, with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and for a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation I - When any such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument is found in the Penalty for sale or delivery by weight and measure other than standard weight or measure.
Penalty for sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures.
Penalty for use of unstamped commercial weights and measures.
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Explanation II - Where any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument is used or possessed in contravention of this section by any employee or agent of a trader or any person on behalf of such trader, such trader shall, unless he proves that the offence under this section was committed by such employee, agent or person without his knowledge or consent be also deemed to be guilty of the offence.
26. Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of a notification issued under section 8 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.
27. Whoever manufactures, repairs, or sells any commercial weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, without obtaining a licence as required by section 13, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both.
28. Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 14 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.
29. Whoever fraudulently uses any standard weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he knows to be false shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine or with both.
Penalty for use of weight or measure in contravention of section 8.
Penalty for manufacture of weight, etc., without licence.
Penalty for failure to stamp weight or measure on sealed containers.
Penalty for fraudulent use of weights, measures, etc.
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30. Whoever is in possession of any commercial weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he knows to be false intending that the same may be fraudulently used shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
31. Whoever makes, sells or disposes of or causes to be made, sold or disposed of any standard weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he knows to be false, in order that the same may be used as true, or knowing that the same is likely to be used as true, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.