Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976
44. Weights or
measures of the second category received from transferor State to be produced
before the local Inspector of the transferee State. -
(1) Every person
in a transferee State who receives or delivers for sale or use therein any
weight or measure of the second category shall, after its re-assembly and
installation for use, have such weight or measure verified and stamped by the
local Inspector in the transferee State.
(2) The local
Inspector in the transferee State shall verify every weight or measure of the
second category and shall if he is satisfied that such weight or measure
conforms to the standards established by or under this Act, stamp the same with
the seal prescribed by or under the State law in force in the transferee State.
(3) For the avoidance
of doubt, it is hereby declared that where any weight and measure of the second
category is delivered or received in a State from any other State, not for the
purpose of sale or use therein but for the transmission of such weight or
measure to any other State, then, such other State shall be deemed, for the
purposes of this chapter, to be the transferee State in relation to such weight
or measure and the provisions of sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall
apply accordingly.