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