law: Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 
  76. Establishment of a
  
  Training Institute and provisions for  training thereat.
  (1) There shall
  
  be established by the Central Government, at such place as it may think fit, an
  
  Institute to be known as the “Indian Institute of Legal Metrology” (hereafter
  
  referred to as the “Institute”) for imparting training in legal metrology and
  
  other allied branches of knowledge.
  (2) The management and
  
  control of the Institute, which shall vest in the Central Government, shall be
  
  carried on in accordance with such regulation as may be made by the Central Government.
  
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  (3) The Central
  
  Government shall provide the Institute with such teaching staff and other
  
  employees, and with such equipments and other facilities as it may think, to
  
  enable the Institute to function effectively as an institution for imparting
  
  adequate training in legal metrology and other allied branches of knowledge.
  (4) The courses and
  
  curricula for training at the Institute and the period for which the training
  
  may be imparted thereat for each course shall be such as may be prescribed.
  (5) The Central
  
  Government shall prescribe the minimum qualifications which a person shall
  
  possess in order to be eligible for admission to the Institute for receiving
  
  training thereat and different qualifications may be prescribed for different
  
  courses of training imparted at the Institute.
  (6) The Central
  
  Government and every State Government may depute, in such branches as may be
  
  convenient of the Institute, employees of, or above the rank of an Inspector
  
  for receiving training at the Institute and the Central Government may also
  
  arrange for the training, at the Institute, of such other persons as it may
  
  think fit.
  (7) The Institute may,
  
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  (a)
  
  Carry out such researches in legal metrology and other allied branches of
  
  knowledge as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government, and
  (b) Hold
  
  such seminars, meetings or other gatherings as it may think fit.