The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 — back to Table of Contents
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, 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.
