Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
Chapter IX:
Provisions With Regard to the Sale and Distribution of Commodities in Packaged
Form within the State
33. Provisions of the
Standards Act and the rules made there under relating to commodities in
packaged form to apply to commodities in packaged form sold or distributed
within the State.-
1. The
provisions of the Standards Act and the rules made there under, as in force
immediately before the commencement of this Act, with regard to commodities in
packaged form shall, as far as may be, apply to every commodity in packaged
form which is distributed, sold, or kept, offered or exposed for sale, in the
State as if the provisions aforesaid were enacted by, or made under, this Act
subject to the modification that any reference therein to the "Central
Government",
"Standards
Act" and the "Director" shall be construed as references
respectively, to the "State Government", "this Act" and the
"Controller".
2. The
State Government may make rules, not inconsistent with the Standards Act or any
rule made there under, to regulate the packaging of any commodity intended to
be sold or distributed, within the State, in packaged form, or to regulate the
sale or distribution, within the State, of any commodity in packaged form.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of
this section, "commodity in packaged form" shall have the meaning
assigned to it in the Standards Act, and shall include a pre-packed commodity.