THE ASSAM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960

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    "title": "THE ASSAM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960",
    "short_title": "The Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1960",
    "act_number": "XVIII",
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    "enactment_date": "1960-05-24",
    "description": "The Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1960",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "to amend the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958 (Assam Act XIX of 1959)",
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            "content": "Whereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958 hereinafter called the Principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing :",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
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            "title": "Section 1",
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            "content": "It is hereby enacted in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "This Act may be called the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1960,",
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            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "It shall have the like extent as the Principal Act.",
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        },
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "It shall come into force at once.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2",
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            "content": "For section 12 of the Principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "Section 12",
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            "content": "“Power of State Government to exempt.\r\n\r\n12. The State Government may, by notification and subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may think fit to impose, exempt any class of persons, any commodity, trade, any class of trades or weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments used or intended to be used for any purpose other than the trade specified in the notification from all or any of the provisions of this Act”.",
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        "Act Number": "XVIII",
        "Enactment Date": "1960-05-21",
        "Act Year": "1960",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1960",
        "Department": "Law Deptt.",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:19"
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