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The Standards Of Weights & Measures
(Packaged Commodities) Rules 1977
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has notified the new “Standards of weights & Measures (Packaged Commodity) Amendment Rules on 17th July 2006 and the same shall be implemented after 180 days of notification i.e. 13th January 2007. The new Rules shall be called “The Standards of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2006”. A comparative position of existing provisions, and amended provisions with comments at few places is given here below.
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NO EXISTING POSITION AMENDED POSITION
1. Under Rule 2 of said rules Clause (b) defines "batch" which means,--
(i) In the case of packages which have been stored, where the total number of such packages does not exceed 100, all such packages, and where the total number exceeds 100 but does not exceed 10,000 all the packages of the same type and of the same production run;
(ii) In the case of packages which are on or at the end of the packing line, the maximum hourly output of packages;”
Under Clause (c) "combination package" means a package intended for retail sale, containing two or more individual packages, or individual pieces, of dissimilar commodities;
Illustration.--A package containing dissimilar commodities such as, spoons, knives, forks, cups, napkins, or the like, is a combination package;”
“(e) "drained weight", in relation to a solid commodity contained in a free flowing liquid, ...