Section 28 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 – Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards

Home › The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 › Chapter V – Offences and penalties

Section 28: Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards

Whoever makes any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the standards of weights and measures specified under section 10 2[shall be warned with an improvement notice and for the second offence shall be liable to penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and for the subsequent offences the fine shall be not less than one lakh rupees but may extend to two lakh rupees].

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

Related posts:

  1. The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 – All Sections
  2. Section 13 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 – Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees
  3. The Indian Contract Act, 1872 – All Sections
  4. Section 40 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 – Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer