The ASSAM ADOPTION OF STANDARD WEIGHTS ACT, 1955 (SINGLE DOCUMENT)
assam · 1955
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- S. 1The Assam Municipal Act, 1923 (Assam Act V of 1923)
- S. 2Section defines key terms used in the Assam Adoption of Standard Weights Act, 1955.
- S. 3(1) There shall be the following standard weights, namely:- (a) The standard tola, being a weight of 180 standard gra
- S. 4Section 4 establishes the authenticated weights from the Central Government as primary standards for verifying secondary standards and specifies their custody by the State Government.
- S. 5Section 5 mandates the preparation and periodic verification of secondary standard weights for trade, ensuring they remain legal and accurate.
- S. 6Section 6 establishes standards for verifying weights in Assam, stipulating their creation, custody, and verification by the State Government.
- S. 7Section mandates keeping properly stamped weighing instruments at places storing secondary standards, verified and adjusted as prescribed.
- S. 8Section 8 mandates standard weights for contracts and transactions post-enactment, voiding non-compliance.
- S. 9Section 9 prohibits local authorities from setting their own weight standards, invalidating any inconsistent existing standards.
- S. 10Section prohibits the use of unverified and unstamped weights in trade or business in Assam.
- S. 11No weight shall be accepted for verification under the provisions of this Act, and the rules framed there under
- S. 12No weight or weighing instrument shall be sold by any person other than those licensed under this Act
- S. 13The State Government can designate government officers or others to act as Inspectors for enforcing the Act.
- S. 14Every Inspector shall verify every weight of weighing instrument which is brought to him for such purpose
- S. 15Section 15 empowers inspectors to inspect, verify, seize, and render defective weights or instruments incapable of use for trade.
- S. 16Section resolves disputes over weight verification procedures by referring them to a First Class Magistrate for a final decision.
- S. 17The State Government can set fees for verifying, marking, adjusting, and stamping weights or instruments.
- S. 18Section 18 makes duly stamped weights or instruments legal in all parts of Assam without needing to be restamped for use elsewhere.
- S. 19Section 19 states that a stamped weight or instrument is deemed correct until proven inaccurate in court by a public servant or authorized person.
- S. 20Section 20 deems officers authorized under the Act as public servants under the Indian Penal Code.
- S. 21Section penalizes selling or purchasing by unauthorized weights with fines up to 500 rupees or six months imprisonment.
- S. 22Section penalizes unauthorized use of weights or instruments in trade, imposing fines and imprisonment, and forfeiting such instruments.
- S. 23Section penalizes sellers for delivering weights less than the prescribed amount in sales by weight, with fines or imprisonment.
- S. 24Section penalizes selling or delivering unauthorized weights or instruments with fines or imprisonment.
- S. 25Section penalizes forging, tampering, or using counterfeit stamps on weights or instruments under the Act.
- S. 26Section penalizes refusal to produce weights or instruments for inspection by a competent authority, with fines or imprisonment.
- S. 27Section penalizes unauthorized stamping of weights or instruments under the Act, with imprisonment up to one year, but requires State Government sanction for prosecution.
- S. 28All offences under this Act shall be cognizable
- S. 29Section 29 protects public servants from legal actions for good faith actions under the Act.
- S. 30Section 30 allows the State Government to delegate its powers and duties under the Act to specific individuals.
- S. 31The section allows the State Government to set permissible error limits for weighing articles sold in trades.
- S. 32Section 32 allows prosecution under this Act without barring trials under other applicable laws.
- S. 33The section allows the State Government to create rules for the Act and impose penalties up to fifty rupees for violations.
- S. 34Section 34 amends specified enactments to align with the standards set in the Act.
- S. 1939Section defines "Weighing Instruments" and "Working Standards" for use in Assam's adoption of standard weights.