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(1) Whoever keeps any weight or mesasure other than the standard wei- ght or measure in any premises in such circumstances as to indicate that such weight or measure is being, or is likely to be, used for any - (a) weighment or measurement; or (b) transaction or for industrial production or for protection, shall be punished 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. (2) Whoever, ~ (i) in selling any article or thing by weight, measure or number, delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the purchaser any quantity or number of that article or thing t less than the quantity or number contracted for or paid for; or (ii) in rendering any service by weight, measure, or number renders that service less than the service contracted for or paid for; or (iii) in buying any article or thing by weight, measure or number, recei- ves, or causes to be received, from. the vender any quantity or number of that article or thing in excess of the quantity or number contracted for or paid for; or (iv) in obtaining any service by weight, measure or number, obtains that service in excess of the service contracted for or paid for, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine. (3) Whoever enters, after the commencement of this Act, into any con- tract or other agreement (not being a contract or other agreement for export ) in which any weight, measure or number is expressed in terms of any standard other than the standard weight, measure or number established by or under the Central Act, shall be punished 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. Penlty for sale or delivery of com- modities etc. by non-stan ... dard weight or measure. Penalty for keep ... ing non-stan- dard weights or measures for use and for other contraventions. Penalty for con- travention of Section