Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
49. Non-metric weight
or measure not to be imported. -
(1)Save as
otherwise provided in sub-section (2), no weight or measure, whether singly or
as a part or component of any machine or machinery, shall be imported unless it
conforms to the standards of weight or measure established by or under this Act.
(2) Where any
commodity, machinery or any part or component of any machinery is imported from
a country in which the metric system of weight or measure is not in force, or
in which such system being in force, such commodity, machinery, part or
component of any machinery has not been made or manufactured in accordance with
such system, the importer shall, before making such import make an endeavor to
obtain, on such commodity, machinery, part or component, and also on the
drawings thereof, the weight or measurement thereof expressed in terms of the
standard unit of weight or measure established by or under this Act:
Provided that where any weight
or measure has not been expressed in terms of the standard unit of weight or
measure established by or under this Act, on any commodity, machinery, part or
component or on any drawings thereof the importer shall, within six months from
the date of import, get the weight or measure thereof expressed on such
commodity, machinery, part or component and on the drawings thereof in terms of
the standard unit of weight or measure established by or under this Act.