Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-03-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 11: Prohibition to publish, reproduce or record without authorisation by Bureau.
    (1) No individual shall, without the authorisation of the Bureau, in any manner or form, publish, reproduce or record any Indian Standard or part thereof, or any other publication of the Bureau.
     (2) No person shall issue a document that creates, or may create the impression that it is or contains an Indian Standard, as contemplated in this Act:
     Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent any individual from making a copy of Indian Standard for his personal use.
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