The Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Legal Metrology Department of Karnataka on 23 January 2016 amended the Karnataka Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules 2011 and made The Karnataka Legal Metrology (Enforcement)(Amendment) Rules 2014.
The Government of Karnataka has made the following amendments to the previous rules:
The word “Repair” has been defined as any adjustment, cleaning, lubrication or painting of any weight or measure or rendering any service or replacement of any parts to such a weight or measure to ensure that such weight or measure conforms to the standards established by or under the Act with or without disturbing the sealing and stamping of the weighing and measuring system. The said definition has been added to the rules. (Amendment made in rule 2, sub-rule (1) after clause (c))
The fee that is to be paid for the alteration of a licence or for the issue of a
duplicate licence shall be as specified in Schedule IV. (Amendment made in rule 3, sub-rule (5))
In case of any transaction in bullion trade, diamond, platinum, pearls and the like ornaments and other articles, made of gold or silver or platinum no other weight other than Bullion Weight as specified in the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011 can be used.
Carat weight is to be used in case of transactions that are in relation to precious stones.
A beam scale of Class A or Class B or a non-automatic weighing instrument of High Accuracy Class (Class II) or Special Accuracy Class (Class I) with a verification scale interval of 1 mg or less than 1 mg can be used in transactions referred to in sub-rules {i) and (ii).
The declaration of quantities in transactions, dealings, and contract or for
purpose of protection is required to be in terms of the unit of the following:(a)Weight, if the commodity is solid, semi-solid, viscous or a mixture of solid and liquid;
(b) Length, if the commodity is sold by linear measure;
(c) Area, if the commodity is sold by area measure;
(d) Volume, if the commodity is liquid or is sold by cubic measure;
(e) Number, if the commodity is sold by number.
In cases where the verification is done at places other than the office or camp office of the Legal Metrology Officer, an additional fee would be charged at half the rate specified in the Schedule – IX and the user of the weight or measure shall pay the expenses incurred by the Legal Metrology Officer for visiting the premises including the cost of transporting and handling the working standard and other equipment subject to a minimum of rupees one hundred or actual cost. No additional fee would in charged in cases where;
(i) Vehicle tanks for petroleum products and other liquids, Meter for Liquids other than water (Fuel .Dispenser, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Milk Dispensers), Compressed Natural Gas Dispensers, Non-automatic Weighing Instruments like weighbridges, Dormant Platform Machines, Crane scales, Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments, Automatic Rail-weighbridges, Discontinuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments, Storage tanks and vats and such other weight or measure which cannot be moved from its location;
(ii) Weight or measure in the premises of manufacturer or dealer of such weight or measure.
(iii) If a weight or measure is presented to the Legal Metrology Officer for
verification after expiry of the validity of stamp, an additional fee at the rate of half of the rate specified in Schedule-IX shall be payable for every quarter of the year or part thereof.
Licensing and fees for manufacturers, repairers or dealers of weights and
measures have been revised in Schedule-IV.
Fee payable for Verification and Stamping of Weights and Measures and
Weighing and Measuring Instruments have also been revised in Schedule-IX. The denominations and fee per piece in relation to bullion weights, carat weights, and cylindrical knob type weights, sheet metal weights, Iron hexagonal, knob type weights and parallelepiped weights and Standard weights for testing of high capacity weighing machines have also been revised.
The capacity measures (including tank lorries, storage tanks and vats), length measures, Beam Scale Class A & B, Beam Scales Class C & D, 7. Non-
Automatic Weighing Instruments- Electronic Class III & IIII, Non -Automatic
Weighing instruments both mechanical and electronics Class I & II, Automatic Weighing Instruments, Volumetric measuring instruments, Measuring systems for liquid other than water(Flow meters), Linear Measuring Instruments, Clinical Thermometers, Water Meters, Peg measures, LPG Dispensers and Counter Machines have been revised.
Compounding fees for various offences has also been amended in Schedule –X. the Section and nature of offence, Penal Section and the Compounding fees have also been revised.
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