— (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint a Controller of legal metrology, Additional Controller, Joint Controller, Deputy Controller, Assistant Controller, Inspector and other employees for the State for exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act in relation to intra State trade and commerce. Penalty for import of non-standard weight or measure. S 53(1) Provision of any Rule made under the Act: 53(3) In making any Rule under this section, the State Government may provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees. (4) Every search or seizure made under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to searches and seizures. 5000 is the fine payable for retailers or wholesale dealer in this case. — (1) The base unit of —. Existing Director, Controller and legal metrology officer not to be affected by the new qualification to be prescribed. We assist importers with new registrations as well as renewals of the existing license. (2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), the Controller shall issue a licence in such form and manner, on such conditions, for such period and such area of jurisdiction and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed. 19. Penalty for alteration of weight and measure. (2) Every such appeal shall be preferred within sixty days from the date on which the impugned order was made : Provided that the appellate authority may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the said period of sixty days, permit the appellant to prefer the appeal within a further period of sixty days. The provisions of section 19, 22 & 23 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the provisions of Rule-27 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 are applicable to Infrared (Electrical) thermometers. (j) and (q) of sub-section (2) of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act 2009, (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 1. Under Rule 19 read with Section 15 of the Act, the Director, Comptroller or Legal Metrology Officer, may examine the packages and carry out tests and draw samples of the same to ensure that there are not too many errors in relation to the declarations that were to be made on the packages. The application for Legal Metrology Certification is filed in schedule X under Rule 15 and obtained under section 19 of the Legal Metrology Act 2009. — No person shall import any weight or measure unless he is registered with the Director in such manner and on payment of such fees, as may be prescribed. — Every person, before manufacturing or importing any weight or measure shall seek the approval of model of such weight or measure in such manner, on payment of such fee and from such authority as may be prescribed : Provided that such approval of model may not be required in respect of any cast iron, brass, bullion, or carat weight or any beam scale, length measures (not being measuring tapes) which are ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring textiles or timber, capacity measures, not exceeding twenty litre in capacity, which are ordinarily used in retail trade for measuring kerosene, milk or potable liquors : Provided further that the prescribed authority may, if he is satisfied that the model of any weight or measure which has been approved in a country outside India conforms to the standards established by or under this Act, approve such model without any test or after such test as he may deem fit. (5) Where an offence has been compounded under sub-section (1), no proceeding or further proceeding, as the case may be, shall be taken against the offender in respect of the offence so compounded. (2) Every weight, measure or other goods seized under section 15 but not forfeited under sub-section (1), shall be disposed of by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) The decimal multiples and sub-multiples of the numerals shall be of such denominations and be written in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) Every legal metrology officer appointed under sub-section (1) shall exercise and discharge the duties under the general superintendence, direction and control of the Controller. SECTION 27. (2) Any numeral which conforms to the provisions of section 6 shall be the standard numeral. Every manufacturer, dealer and repairer of weights and measures will require license from the Controller of the State [Section 23]. — (1) Every non-standard or unverified weight or measure, and every package made in contravention of section 18, used in the course of, or in relation to, any trade and commerce and seized under section 15, shall be liable to be forfeited to the State Government : Provided that such unverified weight or measure shall not be forfeited to the State Government if the person from whom such weight or measure was seized gets the same verified and stamped within such time as may be prescribed. (4) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. Declarations on pre-packaged commodities. (3) Every reference standard, secondary standard and working standard which is not verified and stamped in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) shall not be deemed to be a valid standard. — (1) Whoever—, (i) counterfeits any seal specified by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder, or, (ii) sells or otherwise disposes of any counterfeit seal, or, (iv) counterfeits or removes or tampers with any stamp, specified by or under this Act or rules made thereunder, or. [20] Section 36 (1) of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009. SECTION 20. —, SECTION 35. Penalty for manufacture of weight and measure without licence. - This Act shall be known as "The National Metrology Act of 2003." SECTION 17. (2) It extends to the whole of India. SECTION 13. Short title, extent and commencement. The provisions of section 19, 22 & 23 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the provisions of Rule-27 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 are applicable to Infrared (Electrical) thermometers. Penalty for counterfeiting of seals, etc. SECTION 15. SECTION 1. Repeal of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985. —, SECTION 40. —, SECTION 51. (2) It extends to the whole of India, (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. SECTION 49. 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