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THE ASSAM WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964
The Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1964
Sections
An ACT
Section 1Preamble
Section 2Section 1
Section 1Section 1(1)
Section 1Section 1(2)
Section 1Section 1(3)
Section 1Section 2
Section 2Section 2(l)
Section 2Section 2(m)
Section 2Section 2(m)(a)
Section 2Section 2(m)(b)
Section 2Section 2(m)(c)
Section 2Section 3
Section 3Section 3(1)
Section 3Section 3(2)
Section 3Section 4
Section 4Section 7(1)
Section 7Section 5
Section 5Section 14
Section 14Proviso to Section 14
Section 14Proviso to Section 14
Section 14Section 6
Section 6Section 14A
Section 14ASection 7
Section 7Section 17(5)
Section 17Section 8
Section 8Section 21
Section 21Section 9
Section 9Section 10
Section 10Section 28A
Section 28ASection 11
Section 11Section 32
Section 32Section 12
Section 12Section 13
Section 13Section 40A
Section 40ASection 40A(2)
Section 40ASection 14
Section 14Section 43A
Section 43A
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"content": "further to amend the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958.",
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"content": "Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958, hereinafter called the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing:",
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"content": "In section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (k), the following shall be inserted as clauses (l) and (m), namely :—",
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"number": "2",
"title": "Section 2(l)",
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"content": "“(l) ‘Sealed package or container’ means a closed package, bottle, casket, tin, barrel, case, receptacle, bag, sack, wrapper or other thing in which any article is placed or packed and which is intended to be sold with its contents, without any weighment or measurement of such contents at the time of sale ;",
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"title": "Section 2(m)",
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"content": "(m) ‘Use in transaction for trade or commerce’ means use for the purpose of determining or declaring the quantity of any thing in terms of measurement of length, area, volume, capacity or weight in or in connection with :—",
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"content": "(a) any contract, whether by way of sale, purchase, exchange or otherwise ; or",
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"number": "2",
"title": "Section 2(m)(b)",
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"content": "(b) any assessment of royalty, toll, duty or other dues ; or",
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"number": "2",
"title": "Section 2(m)(c)",
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"content": "(c) the assessment of any work done or services rendered, otherwise than in relation to research or scientific studies or in individual house-holds for house-hold purposes.”",
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"content": "In section 3 of the principal Act,—",
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"number": "3",
"title": "Section 3(1)",
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"content": "(1) in sub-section (1), for the punctuation comma occurring between the words “standards” and “and special” the punctuation fullstop shall be substituted and thereafter the words “and special sets of working standards in relation to bullion including precious stones” shall be deleted ;",
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"number": "3",
"title": "Section 3(2)",
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"content": "(2) the proviso to sub-section (4) shall be deleted.",
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"number": "4",
"title": "Section 4",
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"content": "In section 7 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
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"number": "7",
"title": "Section 7(1)",
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"content": "“ (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or any custom, usage or practice, no unit of mass or measure other than the standard weights or measures shall be used in any transactions for trade or commerce in any area or class of goods or undertakings in respect of which this Act has come into force or be kept in any premises where such transactions are usually conducted.”",
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"number": "5",
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"content": "For section 14, the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
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"title": "Section 14",
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"content": "“Marking of weight or measure on sealed containers. — 14. No person shall, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his possession for sale, any article contained in a sealed package or container unless such package or container bears thereon, or on a label securely attached thereto, a description of the net weight or measure of the article contained therein :",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Proviso to Section 14",
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"content": "Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to—\n(i) any sealed package or container—\n(a) of net weight of less than one hundred and twenty grammes, if the sealed package or container contains biscuits, confectionery or sweets ; and\n(b) of net weight of less than sixty grammes, if the sealed package or container contains any other foodstuff ;\n(ii) any other article sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or in possession for sale which is not ordinarily sold in transactions for trade or commerce by weight or measure :",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Proviso to Section 14",
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"content": "Provided further that the State Government may, if it is satisfied that the size of any class of such packages or containers renders it impracticable to comply with the provisions of this section by notification in the official Gazette, exempt such class from the operation of this section.”",
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"number": "6",
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"content": "After section 14 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted as section 14A, namely:—",
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"number": "14A",
"title": "Section 14A",
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"content": "“Prohibition of quoting prices or expressing quantities otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure. — 14A. No person shall, in any transaction for trade or commerce, quote the price, or express the quantity, of any article otherwise than in terms of the standard weight or measure.”",
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"number": "7",
"title": "Section 7",
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"content": "For sub-section (5) of section 17 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
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"number": "17",
"title": "Section 17(5)",
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"content": "“(5) Where an Inspector has reason to believe that a sealed package or container of an article does not actually contain the net weight or measure of the article which it purports to contain, the Inspector may break open the sealed package or container and verify its contents, and\n(i) if, on such verification, the net weight or measure of the article is found to be correct, the Inspector shall tender the fair price thereof and may require a written acknowledgment therefor ;\n(ii) if, on the other hand, the net weight or measure of the article is found on such verification to be incorrect, the Inspector may seize the package or container and the article contained therein, after tendering the fair price thereof where the seizure is made from any person other than the manufacturer, and may file a complaint against the manufacturer for contravention of the provisions of section 14.”",
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"number": "8",
"title": "Section 8",
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"content": "For section 21 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
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"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21",
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"content": "“Levy of fees. — 21. The State Government may charge such fees for the grant of licences under section 13, for manufacture, repair or sale of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments and also for the verification, marking, stamping and adjustment of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments as may be prescribed.”",
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{
"number": "9",
"title": "Section 9",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In section 23 of the principal Act, between the words “standard weights or measures” and “shall” the words “or whoever after the commencement of the Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1964 keeps any unit of mass or measure other than the standard weights or measures in any premises where such transactions are usually conducted” shall be inserted.",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
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{
"number": "10",
"title": "Section 10",
"chapter": null,
"content": "After section 28 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted as section 28A, namely:—",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
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"sort_order": 280
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{
"number": "28A",
"title": "Section 28A",
"chapter": null,
"content": "“Penalty for quoting prices or expressing quantities otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure. — 28A. Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 14A shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.”",
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},
{
"number": "11",
"title": "Section 11",
"chapter": null,
"content": "For section 32 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:—",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
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"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32",
"chapter": null,
"content": "“Penalty for delivering or receiving any quantity of article less than, or in excess of the quantity fixed by the weight or measure in the contract. — 32. Whoever—\n(i) in selling any article by weight or measure delivers or causes to be delivered to the purchaser any quantity of that article less than, or\n(ii) in buying any article by weight or measure demands or receives or causes to be demanded or received from the vendor any quantity of that article in excess of,\nthe quantity fixed by the weight or measure by which the contract or dealing in respect of that article has been made, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.”",
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{
"number": "12",
"title": "Section 12",
"chapter": null,
"content": "In sub-section (1) of section 38 of the principal Act, for the words “an Assistant Controller” occurring between the words “or” and “authorised” the words “any officer” shall be substituted.",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 320
},
{
"number": "13",
"title": "Section 13",
"chapter": null,
"content": "After section 40 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted as section 40A, namely:—",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
"is_definition": false,
"sort_order": 330
},
{
"number": "40A",
"title": "Section 40A",
"chapter": null,
"content": "“Composition of offences. — 40A. (1) Any offence punishable under sections 24, 27, 28, 28A, 32 or 34 and other than a second or subsequent offence under section 23 or 25 may, either before or after the institution of the prosecution, be compounded by the State Government on payment of such sum as the State Government thinks fit.",
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{
"number": "40A",
"title": "Section 40A(2)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(2) On payment by the offender of the compounding money as per sub-section (1), the offender, if in custody, shall be set at liberty and if any proceedings in any criminal court have been instituted against the offender in respect of the offence, the composition shall be deemed to amount to an acquittal and no further criminal proceedings shall be taken against him in respect of such offence.”",
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{
"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14",
"chapter": null,
"content": "After section 43 of the principal Act, the following shall be inserted as section 43A, namely:—",
"footnote": "Assam Act XIX of 1959",
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"sort_order": 360
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{
"number": "43A",
"title": "Section 43A",
"chapter": null,
"content": "“Exemption. — 43A. Nothing in this Act shall apply to weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments used by or in any unit or establishment of the Armed Forces of the Union.”",
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"Act Number": "XXVII",
"Enactment Date": "1964-12-19",
"Act Year": "1964",
"Short Title": "The Assam Weights and Measures (Enforcement) (Amendment) Act, 1964",
"Department": "Law Department",
"Type": "STATE",
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"updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:19"
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