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                     Legal Metrology Certificate
Legal metrology is the process of applying to the legal requirements to 
the ‘measures’ and the ‘measuring instruments’. To ensure accuracy 
weighments and measurements, legal metrology certificate is used. 
Measurements are so much of our daily works like, we fill our cars by 
fuel in volume, and we consume electricity in measures, buy groceries 
in Kg like that. This protects the trade of the traders and helps the 
consumers.
CNG- Compressed Natural Gas. CNG is compressed at 
pressure of 200 to 248 bars. CNG is cheaper and cleaner. 
LPG- Liquefied Petroleum Gas. It is a mixture of Propane and 
Butane. They are liquefied at 15 degree Celsius. LPG has 
higher calorific value.
The standards of weights and measures Act of 1976 was 
replaced by standards of weight and measures Act 1985. 
Legal Metrology Certificate providers say that, in April 1, 
2011 the provisions of Act came into force.
The manufactures is described under section 2 (i) of the Act, is described 
as the producer of weight or measure, producing the parts and weighing 
by self. The packer is defined as a person who packs which should be 
readied for sale. It is mentioned under regulation 2 (g). Also a dealer is 
described in Section 2 (b) of the Act. The dealer involves in the process of 
buying, selling distributing the measures
Those importers may be individual or a company. 
The repairer is also mentioned in section 2(p) of the 
Act. He repairs all the weights and measures. A 
person is also included to clean, paint and to 
lubricate.
Penalties
• Legal Metrology Certificate providers say that the offences and 
penalties are described under Chapter V. 
• The Section 27 of the Act provides penalty for producer of sale of non-
standard weight or measure that shall be punishable with fine. Section 
36(1) of the Act, says that if the goods are produced with non-standard 
packages they will be imposed with fine. Also they may be imprisoned. 
• The Section 36(2) says that if any pre-packaged goods with error in net 
quantity they will be fined and imprisoned. The imprisonments may be 
for the term of one year. 
• The section 38 of the Act says that the non-registration by the importer 
of measure and weight. It is a punishable offence with imprisonment 
for a term of six months with fine (either of these two or both). The 
regulation 32 of the rules imposes penalty on the non-registration of 
the producer of packer or the importer. 
Offences are mentioned in Section 48 of the Act. The 
offences which happened before or after the 
prosecution of payment of a notified amount are 
described under this section

In the year 2018, there came an up heave, when the prices of the 
water bottles inside and outside the malls differ. The water bottles 
inside the mall were higher and outside the mall were lesser. The 
Union food and consumers Minister brought an amendment to the 
Legal metrology (Packaged commodities) rules 2011.
The Minister said that the dual MRPs on pre-
packaged commodity will not be levied on the 
customers unless it is said by the law. This came into 
force on January 1 2018. 
The medical equipment such as stent should have 
the MRP tag on it. The medical devices which are 
declared as drug also brought under the rule.
During 2019, legal metrology stood against the price hike of the milk 
that was supplied by Goa dairy and milk brands in Goa. The milk was 
sold out in packets. The dairy was planning to set up the milk price up 
to Rs.4 per litre. The cow milk was about to set up to the price Rs.2 per 
litre
It also insists that specifying the price 
on e-commerce platforms is also 
essential. The Ministry of Consumer 
affairs has now allowed the stamping 
of stickers, online printings with correct 
date and the month which will not be 
utilised  during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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