(1) In case, a person commits an act takes or attempts to
commit an act in contravention of Sub-Section (1) of Section 20 and
Sections 21, 23, 25, 26 or 27 or instigates or abets any other person to do
so, or causes any obstruction to the Inspector in the courses of the discharge
of his/her duties under this Act, or accepts or forces to accept less or more
weights than the prescribed ones in the course of the sale of or transaction
in any commodity on the basis of weight and measures, the Inspector may
punish him/her ? in each offense with a fine up to One Thousand Rupees.
(2) ? ……………………..
(3) In case, a person makes fictitious or inaccurate standard
measures and weights or measuring and weighing machines, or incites
others to do so, or deliberately uses such fictitious or inaccurate measures
and weights or measuring and weighing machine for bona fide, or keeps
them with the objective of using them in this manner, or sells them, or
makes others sell them, or counterfeits the seal to be affixed on standard
measures and weights or measuring and weighing machines under this Act
or the Rules framed hereunder, or makes others to do so, or keeps them in
his/her possession, or manages the seal affixed on such weight or measure
or measuring and weighing machine and affixes a counterfeit seal, or makes
others do so, he/she shall be punished with a fine up to One Thousand
Rupees or an imprisonment of up to One Year, or both.
(4) In case, the Inspector deliberately affixes seals on measures and
weights, or measuring and weighing machines in contravention of this Act
or the Rules framed hereunder, he/she shall be punished with a fine up to
One Thousand Rupees or an imprisonment of up to Three Months, or both.