The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 — back to Table of Contents
Section 34. Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities, etc., by non-standard weight or measure.
Whoever sells, or causes to be sold, delivers, or causes to be delivered, any commodity, article or thing by any means other than the standard weight or measure or number, shall be warned with an improvement notice and for the second offence shall be liable to penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees and for the subsequent offences the fine shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but may extend to one lakh rupees.
