40. Penalty for obstructing Director, Controller or legal metrology officer.—Whoever obstructs the Director, the Controller or any legal metrology officer with intent to prevent or deter the Director or the Controller or any legal metrology officer from exercising his powers or discharging his functions, or in consequence of anything done or attempted to be done by the Director or the Controller or any legal metrology officer in the lawful exercise of his powers or discharge of his functions as such, or whoever obstructs the entry of the Director or the Controller or any legal metrology officer into any premises for inspection and verification of any weight or measure or any document or record relating thereto or the net contents of any packaged commodity or for any other purpose shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and for the second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years. 12
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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.