The Goa, Daman and Diu Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968

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    "title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968",
    "short_title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 9 of 1968)",
    "act_year": 1968,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Commercial weight or measure\" means a weight or measure purporting to be a standard weight or measure used in any transaction for trade or commerce;\n(b) \"Controller and Assistant Controller\" means the Controller and Asst. Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under section 18;\n(c) \"Inspector\" means an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 18;\n(d) \"Measuring Instrument\" means any measuring instrument other than a weighing instrument and includes any instrument used for determining the length, area, volume, capacity, quality, temperature or density of any articles;\n(e) \"Mint\" means any mint established by the Central Government;\n(f) \"Person\" shall be construed to mean both the plural and singular, as the case demands, and shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies, associations, Government Departments, Offices and other Organisations;\n(g) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(h) \"Reference standards\" means the sets of standard weights and measures supplied to the State Government by the Central Government in pursuance of sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956;\n(i) \"Rules\" means the rules made under section 50;\n(j) \"Standard weight or measure\" means any unit of mass or measure referred to in sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1956;\n(k) \"Sealed package or container\" means a closed packet 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;\n(l) \"Stamp\" means a mark for use as evidence of the passing of weights and measures for use, whether applied by impressing, casting, engraving, etching, branding or by any other means and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n(m) \"State Government\" means the Administrator appointed to the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, under article 239 of the Constitution or the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu;\n(n) \"Use in transaction for trade or commerce\" means use for the purpose of determining or declaring the quantity of anything in terms measurement of length, area, volume, capacity or weight in or in connection with -\n(i) any contract, whether by way of sale, purchase, exchange, hire purchase or otherwise; or\n(ii) any assessment of royalty, toll, duty or other dues; or\n(iii) 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 purpose;\n(o) \"Verification\" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions used with reference to a weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, includes the process of comparing, checking or testing such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument and also includes re-verification;\n(p) \"Weighing instrument\" means any instrument for weighing and includes scales with the weights belonging thereto, scale-beams, balances, spring balances, steel yards and other weighing machines.\nChapter II\nStandard Weights and Measures",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Working standards.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Secondary standards.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Reference standards.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Standard weighing and measuring instruments.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Prohibition of use of weights and measures other than standard weights and measures.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Power to prescribe the use of weights only, or measures only, in certain cases.",
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            "content": "Chapter III",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Registration of persons using weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments in transactions for trade or commerce.",
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            "content": "Chapter IV\nVerification and Stamping of Weights and Measures",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Marking of denominations on commercial weights and measures.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Prohibition of sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Prohibition of use of unstamped commercial weights or measures.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power of State Government to exempt.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Prohibition of manufacture etc., of weights and measures without licence.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Manufacturer to submit prototypes of weights, measures and weighing and measuring instruments",
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            "content": "(a) in a case where such weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument is being manufactured at the commencement of this Act on the pattern of an existing design, within such period as may be prescribed;\n(b) in any other case, before he commences to manufacture that weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, submit to the prescribed authority a prototype of the weight or measure or weighing or measuring instruments, as the case may be.",
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        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Marking of weights or measures on sealed containers.",
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            "content": "(i) any sealed package or container-\n(a) of net weight of less than one hundred and twenty grams, if the sealed package or container contains biscuits, confectionery or sweets; and\n(b) of net weight of less than sixty grams, 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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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Prohibition of quoting price, or expressing quantity, of any article otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Appointment of Controller, Assistant Controller and Inspectors.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Verification and stamping by Inspectors.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Power to Inspect, etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power of Inspector to adjust weights or measures.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Manufacturers etc. to maintain records and documents.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 21
        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Appeals.",
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            "content": "(a) from every decision of Assistant Controller, and Inspector under this Act, to the Controller; and\n(b) from every decision of the Controller under this Act, not being a decision made in appeal under clause (a), to the State Government or any officer specially authorised in this behalf by the State Government.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Levy of fees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for the grant of licence under section 14, for manufacture, repair or sale of commercial weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments; and\n(b) for the verification, marking, stamping and adjustment of commercial weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments, as may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Validity of weights and measures duly stamped.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter V\nPenalties",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weights or measures.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Penalty for sale of unstamped commercial weights and measures.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Penalty for use of unstamped commercial weights and measures.",
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            "content": "Explanation 1 :\nExplanation 2 :",
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            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Penalty for manufacture of weights etc. without licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "30. Penalty for use of weights or measures in contravention of section 8.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Penalty for non-registration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "32. Penalty for contravention of section 15.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Penalty for failure to mark weight or measure on sealed containers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "34. Penalty for quoting prices or expressing quantities otherwise than in terms of standard weight or measure in contravention of section 17.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Penalty for fraudulent use of weights, measures etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Penalty for being in possession of false weight or measure etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Penalty for making or selling false weight or measure.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. 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.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(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 the 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.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Penalty for forging etc. of weights, measures etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Penalty for neglect or refusal to produce weight or measure etc. for inspection.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) refuses or neglects to produce for inspection or verification under section 20, any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument or any document or record relating thereto in his possession or on his premises, or\n(b) refuses to permit an Inspector to inspect and verify any such weight, measure, instrument, document, on record, or\n(c) obstructs the entry of an Inspector under section 20, or\n(d) otherwise obstructs or hinders an Inspector in the performance of his duties under this Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Penalty for breach of duty by Inspector.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter VI\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Controller etc. appointed under this Act to be public servants.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Cognizance of offence etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Composition of offences.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Stamped weights etc. to be presumed to be correct.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Offences by companies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Explanation :\n(a) \"company\" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"director\", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Delegation of Powers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 47
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Limits of error to be tolerated in weights and measures.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) in secondary standards referred to in section 4;\n(b) in working standards referred to in section 3;\n(c) in commercial weights and measures or in selling articles by weight or measure generally or as regards any trade or class of trades; and\n(d) weighing and measuring instruments.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the material of which and the designs and specifications according to which working standards may be made, the agency by which such standards may be prepared, the person by whom or the authority by which and the manner in which such standards may be stamped and authenticated, the places at which and the custody and manner in which such standards may be kept;\n(b) the procedure for the verification or re-verification and marking of working standards, the persons by whom the places at which and the intervals at which, they may be marked;\n(c) the material of which and the designs and specifications according to which secondary standards may be made, the places at which and the custody and manner in which such standards may be kept;\n(d) the procedure for the verification or reverification and marking of secondary standards and the manner in which they may be marked;\n(e) the number of weighing and measuring instruments to be kept, the manner in which they may be verified and stamped and necessary particulars regarding the same;\n(f) the manner in which commercial weights and measures may be marked by manufacturers;\n(g) the form and manner in which, and the conditions subject to which licenses may be granted to persons for manufacture, repair or sale of commercial weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments;\n(h) the qualifications, functions and duties generally of Inspectors under this Act;\n(i) verification and stamping of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments and the period within which they are to be reverified;\n(j) inspection of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments used in transactions for trade or commerce;\n(k) the seizure, detention and disposal of weights and measures which are not authorised by this Act;\n(l) the books, accounts and records relating to weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments to be maintained and the manner in which they may be maintained or produced;\n(m) the limits of error which may be tolerated in secondary or working standards;\n(n) the limits of error which may be tolerated in weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments used or intended to be used in transactions for trade or commerce;\n(o) the limits or error which may be tolerated in selling articles by weights and measures generally or as regards any trade or class of trades;\n(p) the form and manner in which appeals may be preferred against decisions of Controller, Assistant Controller and Inspectors and the procedure for hearing appeals;\n(q) the fees which may be charged for the grant of licences under section 14 and for verification, reverification, adjustment and stamping of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments and the collection and levy of the same;\n(r) the material, form and specification and manufacture and sale of commercial weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments;\n(s) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "(a) the previous operation of the said law or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or\n(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired accrued or incurred under the said law; or\n(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the said law; or\n(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been passed:",
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        "Act Number": "(Act No. 9 of 1968)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1968",
        "Short Title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1968",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:45"
}