Trade Marks Act, 1999
81. Stamping of piece goods, cotton yarn
thread.-
(1) Piece goods, such as are ordinarily sold
by length or by the piece, which have been manufactured, bleached, dyed,
printed or finished in premises which are a factory, as defined in the
Factories Act, 1948 ( 63 of 1948), shall not be removed for sale from the last
such premises in which they underwent any of the said processes without having
conspicuously stamped in international form of Indian numerals on each piece
the length thereof in standard yards, or in standard yards and a fraction of
such a yard, or in standard meters or in standard meters and a fraction of such
a meter, according to the real length of the piece, and, except when the goods
are sold from the factory for export from India, without being conspicuously
marked on each piece with the name of the manufacturer or of the occupier of
the premises in which the piece was finally processed or of the wholesale
purchaser in India of the piece.
(2) Cotton yarn such as is ordinarily sold in
bundles, and cotton thread, namely, sewing, darning, crochet or handicraft
thread, which have been manufactured, blenched, dyed or finished in any
premises not exempted by the rules made under section 82 shall not be removed
for sale from those premises unless, in accordance with the said rules in the
case of yarn -
(a) the bundles are
conspicuously marked with an indication of the weight of yarn in English or the
metric system in each bundles, and
(b) the count of the
yarn contained in the bundles and in the case of thread each unit is
conspicuously marked with the length or weight of thread in the unit and in such
other manner as may be required by the said rules, and
(c) except where the
goods are sold from the premises for export from India, unless each bundle or
unit is conspicuously marked with the name of the manufacturer or of the
wholesale purchaser in India of the goods.
Provided that the rules made under section 82
shall exempt all premises where the work is done by members of one family with
or without the assistance of not more than ten other employees, and all
premises controlled by a co-operative society where not more than twenty
workers are employed in the premises.