The Legal Metrology Act, 2009

Offences and Penalties

Sec 25 : Penalty for use of non standard wt/measure : up to Rs 25000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 27 : Penalty for manufacture use of non standard wt/measure : up to Rs 20000/ 3 year + or fine.
Sec 28 : Penalty for dealing non standard contravention to that specified in Sch I (certain commodities to be sold by wt/measure/no) : up to Rs 10000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 29 : Penalty for quoting/publishing non standard unit : up to Rs 10000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 30 : Penalty for Less than the quantity or number contracted for : up to Rs 10000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 31 : Penalty for non production of w/m or records : up to Rs 5000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 32 : Penalty for failure to get model approval : up to Rs 25000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 33 : Penalty for the use of unverifiied w/m : Rs 2000 to Rs 10000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 34 : Penalty for the sale of non standard size packages : Rs 2000 to Rs 5000/ 3 months to 1 year + or fine.
Sec 35 : Penalty for rendering any service non standard w/m or number : Rs 2000 to Rs 5000/ 3 months to 1 year + or fine.
Sec 36 (1) : Penalty for selling non standard packages : up to Rs 25,000/up to Rs 50,000/Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh and or 1 year.
Sec 36 (2) : Penalty for packing/importing pre-packaged commodity with error in net content : Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000/up to Rs 1 lakh and or 1 year.
Sec 38 : Penalty for non registration by importer of w/m : up to Rs 25000/ 6 months + or fine.
Sec 39 : Penalty for import of non standard of w/m : up to Rs 50000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 40 : Penalty for obstruction : 2 year/5 year
Sec 41(1) : Penalty for giving false information : up to Rs 5000/6 months + or fine.
Sec 41(2) : Penalty for giving false returns : up to Rs 5000/1 year + or fine.
Sec 45 : Penalty for manufacture w/m w/o license : up to Rs 20000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 46 : Penalty for sale/repair of w/m w/o license : up to Rs 5000/ 1 year + or fine.
Sec 47 : Penalty for tampering with license : up to Rs 20000/ 1 year + or fine.