law: Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
  Chapter XII:
  
  Miscellaneous
  67. Transfer or
  
  transmission of business.-
  1.  Where
  
  the business of a person licensed under this Act is transmitted by succession,
  
  intestate or testamentary, the heir or legatee, as the case may be, of such
  
  person shall not carry on the business of such licensee either in his own name
  
  or in any other name, unless the heir or legatee has, before the expiry of
  
  sixty days after the date of such transmission, made to the Controller an
  
  application for the issue of a licence in accordance with the provisions of
  
  this Act:
  Provided that 
  
  nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the heir or legatee from
  
  carrying on business as such licensee for the aforesaid period of sixty days,
  
  and, if he has applied for such licence, until he is granted the licence or is,
  
  by a notice in writing informed by the Controller that such licence cannot be
  
  granted to him.
  2.  Where
  
  the business of any person licensed under this Act is transferred by sale,
  
  gift, lease or otherwise, the transferee or leasee, as the case may be, shall
  
  not carry on such business either in his own name or in any other name, unless
  
  he has obtained a licence to carry on such business.