law: Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
  17. Procedure of
  
  registration.-
  
  1.  Every
  
  person, who intends to commence, or carry on, the use of any weight or measure
  
  in any transaction or for industrial production or for protection, shall make,
  
  within such time and containing such particulars as may be prescribed, an
  
  application for the inclusion of his name in a register to be maintained for
  
  the purpose (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Register of
  
  Users").
  2.  The
  
  Register of Users shall be maintained in such form and in such manner as may be
  
  prescribed.
  3.  The
  
  application referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made to the Controller or
  
  to such other person as the Controller may, by general or special order in
  
  writing, authorise in this behalf and every such application shall be made in
  
  such form, in such manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
  4.    On
  
  receipt of the application referred to in sub-section (1), the Controller or
  
  the person authorised by him shall include the name of such person in the
  
  Register of Users and issue to the applicant a certificate to the effect that
  
  his name has been so included.
  5. A
  
  certificate issued under sub-section (4) shall be valid for the period
  
  specified therein and may be renewed from time to time for such further period
  
  and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.