The Legal Metrology Act, 2009

Legal Metrology Act, 2009 As amended by The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023

2025 Bare-Act edition of THE LEGAL METROLOGY ACT, 2009 (Act 1 of 2010, w.e.f. 1-4-2011)

Updated as amended by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 (w.e.f. 1-10-2023), this compliance-grade volume brings the complete law on standards of weights & measures, verification/stamping, and packaged-commodities declarations into one place—with short comments.

Inside this handy ₹ 1195 volume

• Full text of the principal Act with crisp section-wise headings and cross-references for instant navigation

• All major Rules in force, including:

– Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011

– Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (with the latest label-declaration amendments for e-commerce, QR/barcode, MRP & unit presentation)

– Legal Metrology (Approval of Models) Rules, 2011

– Legal Metrology (Numeration) Rules, 2011

– Legal Metrology (National Standards) Rules, 2011 / Indian Institute of Legal Metrology Rules, 2011

– Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013

– Model Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2010 (for State adoption)

• Ready-reckoners you’ll actually use:

– What must appear on a package (12 mandatory declarations), font-size table, short-quantity remedies & consumer helpline particulars

– Standard pack sizes and net-quantity tolerance tables (Maximum Permissible Error) for foods, personal care, cement, LPG, etc.

– Verification/Stamping periodicity for weighing instruments, flow meters, fuel dispensers and retail measures—plus fee-schedules at a glance

– Importer/Manufacturer/Packer registration workflow and common forms checklists

• “Short comments” call-outs explaining the Jan Vishwas decriminalisation changes (compounding in lieu of prosecution, revised penalty slabs, continuation of seizure/forfeiture powers) and how they impact routine inspections, package compliance and online sales

Why you’ll reach for it

• FMCG, e-commerce, pharma & electronics compliance teams can audit labels, set artwork specs and brief vendors using the bare rules + tolerance tables

• Retailers, weighbridge operators & fuel-retail managers can schedule stamping, calculate fees and respond to inspection memos with exact rule citations

• Lawyers/consultants quote sections & rules verbatim in compounding applications and defence representations

• Students & officers (LL.B., Legal Metrology/food safety cadres) get a single, exam-ready source that mirrors field practice

Put this bright-yellow Bare Act on the QA desk—the next label artwork approval, inspection visit or vendor audit is covered, verbatim.