THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY

[PART II—SEC 3(I)]

MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND

PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(Department of Consumer Affairs)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 5th April, 2002

G.S.R. 253(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred

by Section 83 of the Standards of Weights and Measures

Act, 1976 (60 of 1976), the Central Government hereby

makes the following rules further to amend the Standards

of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules,

1977, namely —

(1) These rules may be called the Standards of

Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities)

Second Amendment Rules, 2002

(2) They shall come into force on the expiry of 180

days from the date of their publication in the

Official Gazette

2 In the Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged

Commodities) Rules, 1977, in sub-rule (1) of rule 33 ,—

(I) after clause (i), the following proviso shall be

inserted, namely ••—

"Provided that the importer shall also declare on

the package, the name and address of the manu-

facturer and month and year of manufacture or

packing, if not already given on the package ",

(u) the proviso to clause (in) shall be omitted.

[FNo WM10(15)/99]

SANTOSHNAUTIYAL,Addl Secy

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette

of India vide number 622(E) dated 26th Septem-

ber. 1977 and subsequently amended "ide —

GSR 347(E) dated 30-6-1978

GSR 59(E) dated 23-2-1980

GSR 3O3(E) dated 11-3-1983

GSR253(E)dated31-M984

GSR316(E) dated 30-4-1984

GSR393(E)dated25-3-1984

GSR 96(E) dated 20-2-1985

GSR458(E) dated 25-5-1985

GSR32(E) dated 17-1-1986

GSR 1005(E) dated 8-8-1986

GSR730(E) dated 25-8-1987

GSR 19(E) dated 8-1-19SJ8

GSR 779(E) dated 11-7-1988

GSR 511(E) dated 25-5-1990

GSR601(E) dated 26-6-1990

GSR50(E) dated 17-1-1992

GSR 88(E) dated 6-2-1992

GSR531(E) dated 15-5-1992

GSR252(E)datod2-3-1991

GSR578(E) dated 26-8-1993

GSR314{E) dated 12-3-1994

GSR591(E) dated 20-7-1994

GSR863(E) daled 14-12-1994

GSR 105(E) dated 2-3-1995

GSR392(E) dated 17-5-1995

GSR 521(F) dated 27-6-1995

GSR547(E) dated 13-7-1995

GSR693(E) dated 31-10-1995

GSR784(E) dated 7-12-1995

GSR788(E) dated 8-12-L995

GSR 139(E) dated 6-3-1997

GSR 140(E) dated 7-3-1997

GSR23O(E) dated 7-4-1997

GSR600(E) dated 20-10-1997

GSR 60(E) dated 20-1-1998

GSR 178(E) dated 31-8-1998

GSR246(E) dated 5-4-1999

GSR530(E) dated 14-7-1999

GSR 594(E) dated 17-8-1999

GSR631(E) dated 21-7-2000

GSR 149(E) dated 28-2-2001

GSR402(E) dated29-5-2O01

GSR 869(E) dated 26-11-2001

GSR224(E) dated23-3-2002

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