law: Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 
  30. Forfeiture. – 
  Every false or
  
  unverified weight or measure, and every false package, used in the course of,
  
  or in relation to, any inter-State trade or commerce and seized under Sec. 29,
  
  shall be liable to be forfeited to the Central Government:
  Provided that such unverified
  
  weight or measure shall not be forfeited to Government if the person from whom
  
  such weight or measure was seized gets the same verified and stamped within
  
  such time as may be prescribed.