Section 25 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 – Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure

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Section 25: Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure

Whoever uses or keeps for use any weight or measure or makes use of any numeration otherwise than in accordance with the standards of weight or measure or the standard of numeration, as the case may be, specified by or under this Act, 2[shall be warned with an improvement notice and for the second offence shall be liable to penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees and for the subsequent offences the fine shall be not less than two lakhs rupees but may extend to five lakh rupees].

Amendment notes (numbers in square brackets in the text above):

  1. 1. Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s.2 and Sch., for “licence” (w.e.f. 01-05-2026).
  2. 2. Subs. by s.2 and Sch., ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 01-05-2026).

Source: official text of The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.

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