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Deemed to have come into force on 1st October, 1958. Short title, extent and commencement. Definitions. 2 [Act No. I of 1959] (d) ‘Inspector’ means an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 15; (e) ‘measuring instrument’ means any measuring instrument other than a weighing instrument and includes any instrument for measuring length, area, volume or capacity; (f) ‘Mint’ means the mint of the Central Government either in Bombay or in Calcutta; (g) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) ‘reference standards’ means the sets of standard weights and measures supplied to the Government by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (Central Act 89 of 1956); (i) ‘stamping’ means marking in such manner as to be, so far as practicable, indelible and includes casting, engraving, etching and branding; (j) ‘standard weight or measure’ means any unit of mass or measure referred to in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 (Central Act 89 of 1956) and includes any other weight or measure permitted to be used by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 14 of that Act; (k) ‘verification’ with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions used with reference to a weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, includes the process of comparing, checking or testing such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument and also includes re-verification; [Act No. I of 1959] 3 (l) ‘weighing instrument’ means any instrument for weighing and includes scales with the weights belonging thereto, scale-beams, balances, spring balances, steel yards and other weighing machines. CHAPTER II. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.