| 1 | Short title, extent and commencement. |
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| 2 | Definitions. |
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| 3 | Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law. |
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| 4 | Units of weights and measures to be based on metric system. |
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| 5 | Base unit of weights and measures. |
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| 6 | Base unit of numeration. |
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| 7 | Standard units of weights and measures. |
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| 8 | Standard weight, measures or numeral. |
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| 9 | Reference, secondary and working standard. |
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| 10 | Use of weight or measure for particular purposes. |
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| 11 | Prohibition of quotation, etc., otherwise than in terms of standard units of weight, measure or numeration. |
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| 12 | Any custom, usage, etc., contrary to standard weight, measure or numeration to be void. |
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| 13 | Appointment of Director, legal metrology officers and other employees. |
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| 14 | Appointment of Controller, legal metrology officers and other employees. |
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| 15 | Power of inspection, seizure, etc. |
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| 16 | Forfeiture. |
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| 17 | Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and registers. |
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| 18 | Declarations on prepackaged commodities. |
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| 19 | Registration for importer of weight or measure. |
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| 20 | Non-standard weights and measures not to be imported. |
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| 21 | Training in Legal Metrology. |
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| 22 | Approval of model. |
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| 23 | Prohibition on manufacture, repair or sale of weight or measure without licence. |
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| 24 | Verification and stamping of weight or measure. |
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| 25 | Penalty for use of non-standard weight or measure. |
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| 26 | Penalty for alteration of weight and measure. |
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| 27 | Penalty for manufacture or sale of non-standard weight or measure. |
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| 28 | Penalty for making any transaction, deal or contract in contravention of the prescribed standards. |
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| 29 | Penalty for quoting or publishing, etc., of non-standard units. |
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| 30 | Penalty for transactions in contravention of standard weight or measure. |
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| 31 | Penalty for non-production of documents, etc. |
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| 32 | Penalty for failure to get model approved. |
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| 33 | Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure. |
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| 34 | Penalty for sale or delivery of commodities. etc., by non-standard weight or measure. |
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| 35 | Penalty for rendering services by non-standard weight, measure or number. |
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| 36 | Penalty for selling, etc., of non-standard packages. |
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| 37 | Penalty for contravention by Government approved Test Centre. |
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| 38 | Penalty for non-registration by importer of weight or measure. |
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| 39 | Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure. |
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| 40 | Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer. |
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| 41 | Penalty for giving false information or false return. |
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| 42 | Vexatious search. |
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| 43 | Penalty for verification in contravention of Act and rules. |
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| 44 | Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc. |
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| 45 | Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence. |
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| 46 | Penalty for repair, sale, etc., of weight and measure without licence. |
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| 47 | Penalty for tampering with licence. |
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| 48 | Compounding of offences. |
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| 49 | Offences by companies and power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., for companies convicted. |
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| 50 | Appeals. |
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| 51 | Provisions of Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure not to apply. |
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| 52 | Power of the Central Government to make rules. |
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| 53 | Power of State Government to make rules. |
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| 54 | Delegation of Powers. |
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| 55 | Act not to apply in certain cases. |
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| 56 | Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed. |
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| 57 | Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985. |
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