Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs Legal Metrology U.T,, Chandigarh — THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009

Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs Legal Metrology U.T,, Chandigarh Order No. LM/2017/855 Dated 06-07-2017 In view of directions issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; Govt: of India regarding Impact of GST on Unsold stock of pre-packaged commodities, in exercise of the powers conferred by rule 33(1) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011, where the Central Government has permitted the manufacturers or packers or importers of pre-packaged commodities to declare the changed retail sale price (MRP) on the unsold stock manufactured/ packed/ imported prior to ]st July, 2017 after inclusion of the increased amount of tax due to GST if any, in addition to the existing retail sale price (MRP), for three months w e f 1st July 2017 to 30th September; 2017. Declaration of the changed retail sale price (MRP) shall be made by way of stamping O putting sticker Or online printing, as the case may be after complying with the following conditions. The difference between the retail sale price originally printed on the package and the revised price shall not, in any case, be higher than the extent of increase in the tax if any, or in the case of imposition of fresh tax, such fresh tax on account of implementation of GST Act and Rules ii) The original MRP shall continue to be displayed and the revised price shall not overwrite on it: (iii) Manufacturers or packers or importers shall make at least two advertisements in one or more newspapers in this regard and also by circulation of notices to the dealers and to the Director of Legal Metrology in the Central Government and Controllers of Legal Metrology in the States and Union Territories, indicating the change in the price of such packages 2. Further; it is clarified that