law: Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 
  2. Definitions.–
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires, -
  (a) “Calibration” means
  
  all the operations which are necessary for the purpose of determining the
  
  values of the errors of a weight or measure and, if necessary, to determine the
  
  other metrological properties of such weight or measure, and includes the
  
  actual fixing -of the positions of the gauge-marks or scale-marks of a weight
  
  or measure, or in some cases, of certain principal marks only, in relation to
  
  the corresponding values of the quantity to be measured.
  Explanation.- Calibration may also
  
  be carried out with a view to permitting the use of a weight or measure as a
  
  standard;
  (b) “Commodity in
  
  package form” means commodity packaged, whether in any bottle, tin, wrapper or
  
  otherwise, in units suitable for sale, whether wholesale or retail;
  (c) “Dealer”, in
  
  relation to any weight or measure, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu
  
  undivided family which, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of
  
  buying selling, supplying or distributing any such weight or measure, whether
  
  for cash or for deferred payment or for commission, remuneration or other
  
  valuable consideration, and includes, -
  (i) A 
  
  commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal,
  (ii) An
  
  importer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any weight or
  
  measure to any user, manufacturer, repairer, consumer or any other person, but
  
  does not include a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise
  
  delivers any weight or measure to any person or category of persons referred to
  
  in this clause.
  Explanation.- For the removal of
  
  doubts, it is hereby declared that a manufacturer, who sells, supplies,
  
  distributes or otherwise delivers any weight or measure to any person other
  
  than a dealer, shall be deemed to be a dealer;
  (d) “Director” means
  
  the Director of Legal Metrology appointed under Sec. 28:
  (e) “Export” with its
  
  grammatical variations and cognate expressions means taking out of India to a
  
  place outside India;
  (f) “False package”
  
  means any package which does not conform to the provisions of this Act or any
  
  rule or order thereunder in relation to such package;
  (g) “False weight or
  
  measure” means any weight or measure which does not conform to the standards
  
  established by or under this Act in relation to that weight or measure:
  (h) “General Conference
  
  on Weights and Measures” means the Conference General des Poids et Measures
  
  established under the Convention du Meter;
  (i) “Import”, with its
  
  grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into India from
  
  a place outside India;
  (j) “International
  
  Bureau of Weights and Measures” means the Bureau International des Poids et
  
  Measures, established under the Convention du Meter, at Sevres in France;
  (k) “International
  
  Organization of Legal Metrology” means the Organization International de
  
  Metrologie Legate established under the Convention Instituante Une Organization
  
  International de Metrologie Legate;
  (l) “International
  
  prototype of the kilogram” means the prototype sanctioned by the First General
  
  Conference of Weights and Measures field in Paris in 1889, and deposited at the
  
  International Bureau of Weights and Measures;
  (m) “Inter-State trade
  
  or commerce”, in relation to any weight or measure or other goods which arc
  
  bought, sold, supplied, distributed or delivered by weight, measure or number,
  
  means the purchase, sale, supply, distribution delivery which,-
  (i)
  
  Occasions the movement of such weight, measure or other goods from one State to
  
  another, or
  (ii) Is
  
  effected by a transfer of documents of title to such weight, measure or other
  
  goods during its movement from one State to another.
  Explanation
  
  I. - Where
  
  any such weight or measure is, or other goods are, delivered to a carrier or
  
  other bailee for transmission, the movement of such weight, measure or other
  
  goods shall, for the purposes of sub-clause (ii), be deemed to commence at the
  
  time of such Geller and terminate at the time when delivery is taken from such
  
  carrier or bailee.
  Explanation
  
  II. - Where
  
  the movement of any such weight, measure or other ' goods commences and
  
  terminates in the same State, it shall not be deemed to be a movement of such
  
  weight, measure or other goods from one State to another merely by reason of
  
  the fact that in the course of such movement it passes through the
  
  territory of any other State;
  (n) “Label” means any
  
  written, marked, stamped, printed, or graphic matter affixed to, or appearing
  
  upon, any commodity or package containing any commodity;
  (o) “Manufacturer”, in
  
  relation to any weight or measure, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu
  
  undivided family which, -
  (i)
  
  Makes or manufactures such weight or measure,
  (ii)
  
  Makes or manufactures one or more parts, and acquires the other parts, of such
  
  weight or measure and, after assembling those parts claims the end product to
  
  be a weight or measure manufactured by himself or itself, as the case may be,
  (iii)
  
  Does not make or manufacture any part of such weight or measure but assembles
  
  parts thereof made- or manufactured by others and claims the end product to be
  
  a weight or measure manufactured by himself or itself, as the case may be,
  (iv)
  
  Puts, or causes to be put, his own mark on any complete weight or measure made
  
  or manufactured by any other person and claims such product to be a weight or measure
  
  made or manufactured by himself or itself, as the case may be.
  Explanation.- Where any manufacturer
  
  dispatches any weight or measure or any part thereof to any branch office
  
  maintained by him or it, such branch office shall not be deemed to be a manufacturer
  
  even though the parts so dispatched to it are assembled at such branch office;
  (p) “Notification”
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
  (q) “Person” includes,
  
  -
  (i)
  
  Every department or office,
  (ii)
  
  Every organization established or constituted by Government,
  (iii)
  
  Every local authority within the territory of India,
  (iv)
  
  Every co-operative society,
  (v)
  
  Every other society registered under the Societies Registration, Act, 1860 (21
  
  of 1-860)
  (r) “Premises, includes,
  
  -
  (i) A
  
  place where any business, industry, production or trade is earned on by a
  
  person, whether by himself or through an agent, by whatever name called,
  (ii) A
  warehouse, godown or other place where any weight, measure or other goods
  
  are stored or exhibited,
  (iii) A
  
  place where any books of account or other documents pertaining to any trade or
  
  transaction are kept,
  (iv) It
  dwelling-house, if any part thereof is used for the purpose of carrying on
  
  any business, industry, production or trade.
  Explanation. “Place” includes a
  
  vehicle or vessel or any other mobile device, with the help of which any trade
  
  or business is carried on, and also includes any measuring instrument mounted
  
  on a vehicle, vessel or other mobile device;
  (s) “Prescribed” means
  
  prescribed by rules made under this Act and prescribed authority  
  
  means such authority as may be specified by such rules:
  (t) “Reference
  
  standard” means the set of standard weight or measure, which is made or
  
  manufactured by or on behalf of the Central Government for the verification of
  
  any secondary standard:
  (u) “Repairer”
  
  includes a person who adjusts, cleans, lubricates or paints any weight or
  
  measure or renders any other service to such weight or measure to ensure that
  
  such weight 6r measure conforms to the standards established by or under this
  
  Act;
  (v) “Sale” with its
  
  grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means transfer of property in
  
  any weight measure or other goods by one person to another for cash or for
  
  deferred payment or for any other valuable consideration, and includes a
  
  transfer or any other system of payment by installments, but does not include a
  
  mortgage or hypothecation of, or a charge or pledge on, such weight, measure or
  
  other goods;
   (w) “Seal” means
  
  a device or process by which a stamp is made, and includes any wire or other
  
  accessory which is used for ensuring the integrity of any stamp;
  (x) “Secondary
  
  standard” means the set of standard weight or measure, which is made or
  
  manufactured by or on behalf of the Central or State Government for the
  
  verification of any working standard:
  (y) “Stamp” means a
  
  mark, which is made on, or in relation to, any weight or measure with a view
  
  to, -
  (i)
  
  Certifying that such weight or measure conforms to the standard specified by or
  
  under this Act, or
  (ii)
  
  Indicating that any mark which was previously made thereon certifying that such
  
  weight or measure conforms to the standards specified by or under this Act, has
  
  been obliterated.
  Explanation.- A stamp may be made by
  
  impressing, casting, engraving, etching, branding or any other process
  (z) “Transaction”
  
  means, -
  (i) Any
  
  contract, whether for sale, purchase, exchange or any other purpose, or
  (ii) Any
  
  assessment of royalty, duty or other dues, or
  (iii) The
  
  assessment of any work done, wages due or services rendered;
  (z-a) “Unverified
  
  weight or measure” means a weight or measure which, being required to be
  
  verified and stamped under this Act, has not been so verified and stamped;
  (z-b) “Verification”,
  
  with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes, in relation
  
  to any weight or measure, the process of comparing, checking, testing or
  
  adjusting such weight or measure with a view to ensuring that such went or
  
  measure conforms to the standards established by or under this Act, and also
  
  includes re-verification and calibration ;
  (z-c) “Weighing or
  
  measuring instrument” means any object, instrument ' apparatus or device, or
  
  any combination thereof, which is, or is intended to be, used, exclusively or
  
  additionally, for the purpose of making any weighment or measurement, and
  
  includes any appliance, accessory or part associated with any such object,
  
  instrument, apparatus or device;
  (z-d) “Weight or
  
  measure” means a weight or measure specified by or under this Act, and includes
  
  a weighing or measuring instrument;
  (z-e) “Working,
  
  standard” means the set of standard weight or measure which is made or
  
  manufactured by or on behalf of Government for the verification of any standard
  
  weight or measure, other than a national prototype or national reference or
  
  secondary standard.