33. Penalty for use of unverified weight or measure.—Whoever, sells, distributes, delivers or otherwise transfers or uses any unverified weight or measure shall be punished with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend to ten thousand rupees and, for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Provisions of this Act to override provisions of any other law.Section 4 · Units of weights and measures to be based on metric system.Section 5 · Base unit of weights and measures.Section 6 · Base unit of numeration.Section 7 · Standard units of weights and measures.Section 8 · Standard weight, measures or numeral.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 16 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.