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Id., sec. 38(1). 150 A TREATISE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS contracted and paid for. Accordingly, receiving any quantity or number of an article or thing in excess of the quantity or number contracted and paid for and obtaining service in excess of the service contracted and paid for, is punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees. The second or subsequent offences of all these kinds are punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine.61 Entering into any contract or other agreement (not for export) by using non-standard weight, measure or number is punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine.62 Use of weights, measures or number, other than those specified by the state government in relation to any class of goods, services, undertakings etc. under section 10 of the Act can be punished with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine.61 The offences defined under section 11 of the Act are punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and any second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine. These include: 64 (a) quoting any price or charge or makes any announcement with regard to the price of charge, or (b) issuing or exhibits any price list, invoice, cash memo or other document, or (c) mentioning any weight or measure in any advertisement, poster or other document, or (d) indicating the weight, measure or number of the net contents of any package or on any label, carton or other thing, or (e) expressing, in relation to any transaction, industrial production or protection, any quantity or dimension, otherwise than in accordance with the standard weight or measure. Ii any person makes, manufactures, repairs or sells or offers, exposes or possesses for repair or sale any weight or measure, without a valid licence can be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, or with both and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also with fine.63 A licensee who after