Import of non-standard tapes – instructions reg

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..... 24.7.2000 and subsequent letter dated 11.1.2002 (copies enclosed), on the subject mentioned above, wherein ,it was stated that import of non-standard tapes (tapes with dual markings i.e. inch and centimeters) are prohibited for import in view of the provisions of Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has again brought to the notice of .....

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..... 23 , no weight ,measures or other goods shall bear thereon any inscription or indication of weight , measure or number except in accordance with the standard unit of such weight, measure or numeration established by or under this Act except for certain scientific investigation or research purpose. 3. A point has been raised that section 49 of the SWMA,1976 read with section 4 of the Act ibid do .....

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..... Weights and Measures Act, 1976. You are, therefore, requested to ensure that non-standard units of weight or measure ( including these with dual markings), except those permitted by proviso to section 23 of the Act ibid, are, on import, either confiscated absolutely or allowed re-export only. 6. Receipt of this Circular may kindly be acknowledge. 7. Hindi version will follow. (D. S. Garbyal .....

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