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Pages
PART I—Punjab Government Notifications and Orders
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PART I-A—Notifications by Local Government
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PART I-B—Notifications by Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners
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PART II—Statutory Notifications and Republications from Gazette of India/Punjab
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PART III—Notification by High Court, Labour Commissioner ; Advertisements ;
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Director of Lotteries, Punjab and Notices etc.
PART III-A—Notifications by Universities
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PART III-B—Court Notices
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PART IV—Acts and Bills
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PART V—Notification by Punjab State Legislature
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SUPPLEMENT PART I—Statistical
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SUPPLEMENT PART II—General
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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT—Contents
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Ditto
PART I—Acts
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Ditto
PART II—Ordinances
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Ditto
PART III—Delegated Legislation
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PART IV—Correction slips, Republications and Replacements
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PART I
Punjab Government Notifications and Orders
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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
(CPA Branch)
NOTIFICATION
The 19th March, 2020
No.5/9/2017-5CPA/227.-With reference to the Government of Punjab, Department of Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Notification. No. 5/9/2017-5CPA/51, dated the 18th November, 2019 and in
exercise of the powers conferred by section 53 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (Central Act No.1 of 2010),
and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab after consultation with the Central
Government is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab Legal Metrology (Enforcement)
Rules, 2013, namely:-
RULES
1.
(1)
These rules may be called the Punjab Legal Metrology (Enforcement) (Amendment) Rules, 2020
(2)
They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of publication of this notification on
the official Gazette.
2.
In the Punjab Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2013, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in
rule 3,-
(A)
in sub rule (1), for the words “him in this behalf”, the words and sign “him in this behalf, along
with fee as specified in Schedule X,” shall be substituted;
(B)
for sub rule (2), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely;
“(2) (i) On receipt of application for grant of license under sub-rule (1) in the form as specified in
Schedule IV, V and VI, it shall be examined by the Controller and if it is found to be in order, the
Controller shall issue a license to the applicant of manufacturer, repairer or dealer, as the case may
be, in form as specified in Schedule VII, VIII and IX, respectively.
(ii)
In case the license issued under sub-rule 2 (i) is required to be amended on following grounds,
namely:-
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(a)
Change in the name and address of the firm;or
(b)
change in the proprietors, partners and change in the name of company’s Director, as the case may
be; or
(c)
change in weight and measures; or
(d)
the licensee intends to get a duplicate license issued; or
(e)
any other reason,
such licensee, shall make an application to the Controller specifying the reasons for the proposed
amendment or a duplicate license, as the case may be, respectively.”; and
(C)
for sub-rule (7), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“(7) Every Manufacturer, Dealer and Repairer licensed under this rule shall furnish a security deposit
to the Government as specified in the Schedule –XV."
3.
In the said Rules, in Rule 9, in sub-rule (2),-
(i)
for the words "rupees one hundred", the words “rupees two hundred and fifty” shall be substituted;
and
(ii)
In the first proviso, for the sign, letters and figures “@ Rs. 3000/-”, the words “at the rate of four
thousand and five hundred rupees” shall be substituted .
4.
In the said Rules, for Rule 17, the following Rule shall be substituted, namely:-
“17. Fee for compounding of offences. The fee for compounding of an offence under the said Act,
shall be such as specified in Schedule-XIX , for respective category of offenders, subject however, to
the maximum fine as specified under the relevant provisions of the Act, under which such offence falls.”
5. In the said Rules for the existing Schedules X, XV, XVII and XIX, the following Schedules shall,
respectively, be substituted, namely :-
“Schedule– X
[ Rule 3(1), (2), (3) & (4) ]
License and renewal fees for manufacturers, repairers and dealers of weights and measures
Serial No.
Name of License
Fee per year(in rupees)
1
2
3
1
Manufacturers
10,000.00
2
Repairers
4,000.00
3
Dealers
2,000.00
Schedule –XV
[See rule 3(7)]
Security to be deposited by existing/ new license issued to Manufacturer,
Dealer and Repairer of Weights and Measures
Serial No.
License
Security Deposit (in rupees)
1
2
3
1
Manufacturer License
15,000.00
2
Repairer License
7,500.00
3
Dealer License
5,000.00
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Schedule-XVII
[ See rule 9(1) ]
Fee payable for verification and stamping of weights and Measures and weighing and Measuring Instruments
1. (A) Bullion Weights
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
10 kg
60.00
2
5 kg
40.00
3
2 kg
40.00
4
1 kg
40.00
5
500 g
30.00
6
200 g
30.00
7
100 g
30.00
8
50 g
30.00
9
20 g
30.00
10
10 g
30.00
11
5 g
30.00
12
2 g
30.00
13
1 g
30.00
14
500 mg
30.00
15
200 mg
30.00
16
100 mg
30.00
17
50 mg
30.00
18
20 mg
30.00
19
10 mg
30.00
20
5 mg
30.00
21
2 mg
30.00
22
1 mg
30.00
(B) Carat Weights
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
100 g (500 c)
40.00
2
40 g (200 c)
40.00
3
20 g (100 c)
40.00
4
10 g (50 c)
40.00
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4 g (20 c)
40.00
6
2 g (10 c)
40.00
7
1 g (5 c)
40.00
8
400 mg (2 c)
40.00
9
200 mg (1 c)
40.00
10
100 mg (0.5 c)
40.00
11
40 mg (0.2 c)
40.00
12
20 mg (0.1 c)
40.00
13
10 mg (0.05 c)
40.00
14
4 mg (0.02 c)
40.00
15
2 mg (0.01 c)
40.00
16
1 mg (0.005 c)
40.00
(C) Cylindrical Knob Type Weights
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
10 kg
40.00
2
5 kg
40.00
3
2 kg
30.00
4
1 kg
20.00
5
500 g
10.00
6
200 g
10.00
7
100 g
10.00
8
50 g
10.00
9
20 g
10.00
10
10 g
10.00
11
5 g
10.00
12
2 g
10.00
13
1 g
10.00
(D) Sheet Metal Weights (other than Bullion)
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
500 mg
10.00
2
200 mg
10.00
3
100 mg
10.00
4
50 mg
10.00
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5
20 mg
10.00
6
10 mg
10.00
7
5 mg
10.00
8
2 mg
10.00
9
1 mg
10.00
(E) Iron hexagonal, knob type weights and parallelepiped weights
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
50 kg
50.00
2
20 kg
40.00
3
10 kg
40.00
4
5 kg
40.00
5
2 kg
30.00
6
1 kg
20.00
7
500 g
10.00
8
200 g
10.00
9
100 g
10.00
10
50 g
10.00
11
20 g
10.00
12
10 g
10.00
13
5 g
10.00
14
2 g
10.00
15
1 g
10.00
(F) Standard Weights for testing of high capacity Weighing Machines
Serial No.
Denominations
Fee Corresponding
Fee corresponding to
to Max permissible
Max
relative error 0.5/10000
permissible relative
(In rupees)
error
3.3/10000,1.7/10000 &
1.0/10000 (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
1
100 kg
75.00
50.00
2
200 kg
150.00
100.00
3
500 kg
300.00
200.00
4
1000 kg
750.00
500.00
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2000 kg
1500.00
1000.00
6
5000 kg
3000.00
2000.00
2. Capacity Measures
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
100 litre and above
200 for the 1st 100 litre plus 12 for every
additional 100 litre or part thereof subject
to maximum of 5000.
2
50 L
100.00
3
20 L
40.00
4
10 L
40.00
5
5 L
20.00
6
2 L
20.00
7
1 L
20.00
8
500 ml
20.00
9
200 ml
20.00
10
100 ml
20.00
11
50 ml
20.00
12
20 ml
20.00
13
10 ml
20.00
14
5 ml
20.00
15
2 ml
20.00
16
1 ml
20.00
3. Length Measures:
(A) Non-Flexible
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
2 m
20.00
2
1 m
20.00
3
0.5 m
20.00
4
1 m graduated (at every cm)
40.00
5
0.5 m graduated (at every cm)
40.00
(B) Fabric Plastic/Woven/Steel tapes
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
Up to 5 m
1.00
2
Above 5 m and up to 10 m
2.00
3
Above 10 m and up to 15 m
3.00
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4
Above 15 m and up to 30 m
6.00
5
Above 30 m and up to 50 m
10.00
6
Above 50 m and up to 100 m
20.00
7
Above 100 m and up to 200 m
40.00
(C) Folding Scales
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
1 m
20.00
2
0.5 m
20.00
(D) Surveying Chain
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
30 m
200.00
2
20 m
200.00
4.
Beam Scale Class A & B.
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
200 kg
800.00
2
100 kg
600.00
3
50 kg
300.00
4
20 kg
300.00
5
10 kg
300.00
6
5 kg
200.00
7
2 kg
200.00
8
1 kg
200.00
9
500g and below
120.00
5.
Beam Scale Class C & D
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
1000 kg
400.00
2
500 kg
400.00
3
300 kg
400.00
4
200 kg
200.00
5
100 kg
200.00
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50 kg
40.00
7
20 kg
40.00
8
10 kg
40.00
9
5 kg
30.00
10
2 kg
30.00
11
1 kg
30.00
12
500 g and below
20.00
6.
Non automatic Weighing Instruments- Analogue(Mechanical) Class III and IV
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
Above 300 t up to 400 t
6000.00
2
Above 150 t up to 300 t
4500.00
3
Above 10 t up to 150 t
3000.00
4
Above 5 t up to 10 t
1500.00
5
Above 3 t up to 5 t
750.00
6
Above 1500 kg up to 3 t
600.00
7
Above 300 kg up to 1500 kg
450.00
8
Above 200 kg up to 300 kg
300.00
9
Above 25 kg up to 200 kg
150.00
10
Above 15 kg up to 25 kg
100.00
11
Above 500 g up to 15 kg
50.00
12
Up to 500 g
25.00
7.
Non-automatic Weighing Instruments (Digital) Class III and IV
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
Above 300 t up to 400 t
6000.00
2
Above 150 t up to 300 t
4500.00
3
Above 10 t up to 150 t
3000.00
4
Above 3 t up to10 t
1500.00
5
Above 1500 kg up to 3 t
750.00
6
Above 300 kg up to 1500 kg
400.00
7
Above 20 kg up to 300 kg
300.00
8
Up to 20 kg
150.00
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8.
Non-automatic Weighing Instruments- both Analogue(Mechanical) and Digital
(Electronic) Class I and II .
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
Above 50 t
4500.00
2
Above 10 t up to 50 t
3000.00
3
Above 1 t up to 10 t
1500.00
4
Above 50 kg up to 1 t
750.00
5
Above 10 kg up to 50 kg
400.00
6
Up to 10 kg
300.00
9.
(A) Automatic Weighing Instrument
Serial No.
Denomination
Fee per piece (in rupees)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1
Above 100 t
6000.00
2
Above 50 t up to 100 t
4500.00
3
Above 10 t up to 50 t
3000.00
4
Above 1 t up to 10 t
1500.00
5
Above 50 kg up to 1 t
750.00
6
Above 10 kg up to 50 kg
400.00
7
Up to 10 kg
300.00
(B)
Automatic Rail weighbridge: Rs 5000.00 for each load receptor
Rs 5000.00 for totalizing device
(C)
Automatic Instrument for Weighing Road Vehicles in Motion
Rs 5000.00 for each load receptor
10.
Volumetric measuring instruments
A
Dispensing pumps each pump with
Rs 2250.00 per unit
totalizing counter
Additional Totalizing counter
Rs 750.00 per unit
B
Other instruments Exceeding 100 litre
Rs 750.00 for the 1st 100
litre plus Rs. 350.00 for
every additional 100 litre
or part thereof per unit
Not exceeding 100 litre but exceeding 50 litre
Rs 750.00 per unit
Not exceeding 50 litre but exceeding 20 litre
Rs 400.00 per unit
Not exceeding 20 litre
Rs 300.00 per unit
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11.
Flow Metres
Flow rate up to 100 litre/min.
Rs 3000.00 per unit
Above 100 litre/min up to 500 litre/min
Rs 4500.00 per unit
Above 500 litre/min
Rs 7500.00 per unit
12.
Linear Measuring Instruments
Taximeters , Auto rickshaw meters
Rs 150.00 per unit
Other meters
Rs 75.00 for the 1st 1000 m or part thereof plus Rs. 7.50 for every
additional 100 m, or part thereof per unit
13. Clinical Thermometer
Clinical thermometer
Mercury in glass
Rs 5.00 per unit
Digital type
Rs 10.00 per unit
14. Water Meter (Domestic Type)
Rs 40.00 per unit
15. Peg Measure
Capacity 30 ml , 60 ml, 100 ml
Rs. 75.00 per unit
16. CNG Dispensers
Dispenser
Rs. 5000.00 per nozzle
Totalizer
Rs. 1000.00 per totalizing unit
17. LPG Dispensers
Dispenser
Rs. 5000.00 per nozzle
Totalizer
Rs. 1000.00 per totalizing unit
18. Counter Machine
Serial No.
Capacity
Fee per unit(in rupees)
1
Up to 10 kg
100.00
2
Above 10 kg
150.00
19- Blood Pressures Measuring Instrument: Rs 20.00 per unit.
SCHEDULE – XIX
[See rule 17]
Compounding fee for various offences
Sr.
Name of offence
Section
Penal
Compounding fee
No.
Section (in rupees)
Individual or HUF or
Company or Director of
Prop or Firm or Partner of
Company or Government
firm or Society or Director of
or Local Authority
Society or Trust or Trustee
1
Use of weight, measure
8(3)
25
5000.00
25000.00
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or numeration other
than the Standard
weight, measure or
numeration
2
Manufacture of weight
8(4)
27
10000.00
20000.00
or measure not
conforming to Standards
3
Transaction or dealing
10
28
5000.00
10000.00
or contract in respect of
goods etc. by weight,
measure or number
otherwise than
prescribed.
4
Quote or make
11
29
5000.00
10000.00
announcement or issue
or exhibit of price list
or charging of price
otherwise than in
accordance with
standard unit of
weight or measure
or numeration.
5
Demanding or receiving
12
30
5000.00
10000.00
any articles or thing or
service in excess or less
than the quantity
specified by contract
or agreement.
6
Maintenance of records,
15(2),
31
3000.00
5000.00
registers by
17
manufacturer, dealer or
repairer and production
of weight, measure
document, register
on demand
7
Manufacturer of weight 23
45
10000.00
20000.00
or measure without
license
8
Repair / sale of weight
23
46
3000.00
5000.00
or measure without
license
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Use of unverified weight 24(1)
33
2000.00
10000.00
or measure in transaction
or protection
10
Sale of weight or
33
33
2000.00
10000.00
measure without
verification
11
Sale or delivery of
34
34
3000.00
5000.00
commodities by
non-standards weight
or measure
12
Rendering service by
35
35
3000.00
5000.00
non-standard weight
or measure
13
Tampering with license
47
47
10000.00
20000.00
14
Provision of any rule
53(3)
53(3)
3000.00
5000.00
made under the Act
Note :
Compounding fee for offences relating to Packaged Commodities falling under section 18 read with
sub-section (1) and (2) of section 36 and section 29 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, shall be as
prescribed under the Legal Metrology Packaged Commodities Rules 2011.
Sd/-
K.A.P SINHA,
Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Chandigarh
Department of Food, Civil Supplies
The 12th March, 2020
and Consumer Affairs.
2008/4-2020/Pb. Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar