MlNHiRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION — THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009

pri: MlNHiRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) New Delhi, *e 7th March, 201 1 G*s.RzOz@)*-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (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, 1. Short title, and Commencement.- These rules may 'be called The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. They shall come into force on the 1" day of April, 2011. 2. Definitions:- In these rules, unless the context othetwise requires- (a) "Act" means the Legal Metrology Act 2009, (1 of 2010); (b) "dealer" in relation to any commodity in packaged form, means a person who, or a firm which carries on directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or distributing any such commodity whether for cash or for 38 0 (i) in the case of packages which have been stored, the total number of such packages stored; and (ii) in the case of packages which are on or at the end of the packing line, the maximum hourly output of packages;' (d) "manufacturer" in relation to any commodity in packaged form, means a: person who or a firm which produces, makes or manufactures such commodity a ld includes a person or firm which puts, or causes to be put, any mark on any packaged commodity, not produced, made or manufactured by him or it, and the mark claims the commodity -in the package to be a commodity produced, made or manufactured by such person or firm as the case may be; (e) "'Maximum permissible error", in relation to the quantity contained in an individual package, means an error in deficiency* which, subject to the provision of these rules, doe5 not exceed the limits specified in the First Schedule; (f) 'net