MpT II-_@ug 3(i) ] — THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009

[MpT II-_@ug 3(i) ] 4Ra * {4A 3THMHRU 37 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Consumer Affairs) NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 7th March; 2011 G.SR 202(E).~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, namely: 1. Short title, and Commencement; (1) These rules may be called The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011_ (2) They shall come into force on the 1 st day of April, 2011. 2. Definitions: - In these rules, unless the context otherwise 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 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II SEc; 3()] dleferred payment Or for commission, remuneration or other valuable consideration, and includes a commission agent who carries on such business on behalf of any principal, but does not include & manufacturer who manufactures any commodity which is sold or distributed in a packaged form except where such commodity is sold by such manufacturer to any other person other than a dealer ; (c) "lot" means (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 Id includes