THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY — THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART [I ~SEc: 3(1)] MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 7th January, 2011 GSR 13(E) -~In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (f) 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. Short title and commencement: (1) These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Numeration) Rules, 2011, (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of March, 2011. 2. Procedure for making Numeration:- (1) Every numeration shall be made in accordance with the decimal system: (2) Every number shall be represented on base ten: (3) In representing any number in digits, the International form of Indian numerals, namely, 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or a combination thereof shall be used, 3. Manner in which numbers exceeding three digits shall be written in words:- Numbers expressed in digits exceeding three shall be written in words in the manner specified in the Schedule annexed to these rules; 4. Manner in which numbers shall be written:- (1) While writing in accordance with any Indian 'terminology, any number in digits exceeding three, the decimal point shall be taken as the starting point ad the first three digits, whether to the left or right of the decimal point, shall be grouped together and the subsequent digits shall be divided in groups of two and neither dots nor commas shall be inserted in the spaces intervening between such groups of digits Example: 23 14 345.732 23 50_ (2) While writing in accordance with English terminology, any number in digit exceeding three; the decimal point shall be taken as the starting point and the digits, whether to th