National Metrology Institute of Pakistan Act, 2022

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 THE NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF PAKISTAN ACT, 
2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Establishment of the National Metrology Institute of Pakistan 
4. Functions of the Institute 
5. Management 
6. Board of Governors 
7. Composition of the Board of the Governors 
8. Functions and powers of the Board 
9. Terms of office of members 
10. Meetings of the Board 
11. Executive Committee of the Board 
12. Director-General 
13. Powers and functions of the Director-General 
14. Technical Advisory Committee 
15. Powers of the Technical Advisory Committee 
16. Fund of the Institute 
17. Appointment of officers, staff, etc. 
 

 
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18. Budget and accounts 
19. Submission of reports, etc. 
20. Directives from the Government 
21. Discoveries and inventions to vest in the Institute 
22. Declaration of fidelity and secrecy 
23. Power to make rules 
24. Power to make regulations 
25. Continuance of certain rules etc. 
26. Repeal and savings 
 
  
 
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THE NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF PAKISTAN ACT, 2022 
ACT NO. XIX OF 2022 
[1st September, 2022] 
AN 
ACT 
 
to provide for the establishment of National Metrology Institute of Pakistan 
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish National Metrology Institute of Pakistan as an apex 
body, for the establishment of infrastructure of metrology to  implement and operate a unified and 
coherent national measurement system as per international requirements and practices for quality  
assurance and management system and to support the legal metrology in Pakistan and matters ancillary 
thereto or connected therewith; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. __ (1) This Act shall be called the National Metrology 
Institute of Pakistan Act, 2022. 
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions. __ In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,– 
(i) “APMP” means the Asia Pacific Metrology Program; 
(ii) “BIPM” means the Bureau International e Des P oid Et -Measures i.e 
International Bureau of Weights and Measures; 
(iii) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under 
this Act; 
(iv) “calibration” means “operation that, under specified conditions in a first 
step, establishes a relation between the quantity values with measurement 
un-certainties provided by measurement standards and corresponding 
indications  with associated  measurement  un-certainties (of the calibrated 
instrument or secondary standard) and in a second step,  uses this 
information to establish a relation for obtaining a measurement result fro m 
an indication.” 
(v) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board; 
(vi)  “chemical standards ” means certified reference materials and standard 
solutions; 
(vii)  “Director-General” means the Director-General of the Institute;  
(viii)  “Executive Committee ” means the Executive Committee of the  Board, 
constituted under this Act; 
 
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(ix) “Government” means the Federal Government; 
(x) “General Conference of Weights and Measures ” means the Conference 
General Des Poids Et Measures (CGPM) established under the convention 
de Metre; 
(xi) “Institute” means the National Metrology Institute of Pakistan; 
(xii) “inter-laboratory comparison ” means organization , performance and 
evaluation of measurements and tests on the same or  similar items or 
measuring by two or more laboratories in accordance with predetermined 
conditions; 
(xiii) “IPO-Pakistan” means the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan; 
(xiv) “IP assets” means the intellectual property assets of the Institute, registered 
by IPO-Pakistan; 
(xv) “ISO” means International Organization for Standardization; 
(xvi) “ISO/IEC 17025” means international standard for general requirements for 
the competence of testing and calibration laboratories; 
(xvii) “member” means member of the Board; 
(xviii) “metrology” means the field of knowledge concerned with measurements 
and includes units of measurements and their field of application and all 
theoretical and practical problems relating to  measurements or the science 
of measurement; 
(xix) “metrological traceability ” means property of a measurement results, 
whereby the results can be related to a reference through a documented un-
broken chain of calibrations, each contributing to the measurement un -
certainty; 
(xx) “OIML” mean the Organization International e De-Metrology Legele  i.e 
International Organization of Legal Metrology; 
(xxi) “PCSIR” means the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; 
(xxii) “physical standards” means measurements that serve as a basis for planning, 
scheduling and control of production; 
(xxiii) “PNAC” means Pakistan National Accreditation Council; 
(xxiv) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations; 
(xxv) “primary standards” means a standard that is sufficiently accurate, such that 
it is not calibrated by or sub -ordinate to other standards. Primary standards 
are defined via other quantities like length, mass and time. Primary 
standards are used to calibrate other standards referred to as working 
standards; 
 
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(xxvi)  “proficiency testing (PT) ” means evaluation of participant’ s performance 
against pre-established criteria by means of inter-laboratory comparisons; 
(xxvii) “PSQCA” means the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority, 
established under the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 
1996 (VI of 1996); 
 (xviii) “quality” means conformity to a given requirement or specification of a 
product or service or result; 
(xxix) “quality assurance” means a system of activities whose purpose is to provide 
an assurance that the overall quality control is in fact being done effectively; 
(xxx) “quality control” means a process by which bodies review the quality of all 
factors involved in production or service; 
(xxxi) “reference standard ” means standards used to check the quality and 
metrological traceability of products, to validate analytical measurement 
methods, or for the calibration of instruments; 
(xxxii)  “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; 
 
(xxxiii)  “RMO” means Regional Metrology Organization of the Institute; 
(xxxiv) “rules” means rules made under this Act; 
(xxxv) “secondary standards” means standards which are prepared in the laboratory 
for a specific analysis and are standardized against a primary standard; 
(xxxvi) “services” means type of economic activity that is intangible, not stored and 
does not result in ownership; 
(xxxvii) “SI” means International Systems of Units as adopted by the 11t h General 
Conference of Weights and Measurements (CGPM) through its resolution 
12, in 1960; 
(xxxviii) “standards” means a level of quality or achievement, especially one that 
relevant expert consider normal or acceptable or a technical specification or 
other document available to the public, drawn up with the coope ration and 
consensus or general  approval of all interests effected by it, based on the 
consolidated results of science, technology and experience aimed at the 
promotion of optimum community benefits and introduced under this Act; 
(xxxix)  “testing” means the action or process of examining a substance under known 
condition, in order to determine its identity and quality or one of the 
constituents and includes the action by which the physical properties, 
materials and machines are tested in order  to determine their particular 
requirements or performances; 
(xl)  “training” means training of technical staff in the field of standardization, 
testing, quality control, legal metrology, inspection and industrial research 
of public and private sector in Pakistan, as well as of trainees from other 
countries. 
 
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(xli)  “TDAP” means the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan; 
(xlii)  “Technical Advisory Committee ” means the Technical Advisory  
Committee constituted under this Act; and 
(xliii)  “units of measurement” means a definite magnitude of a quantity, defi ned 
and adopted by convention or by law that is us ed as a standard for 
measurement of the same kind of quantity. 
3. Establishment of the National Metrology Institute of Pakis tan.__ (1) On the 
commencement of this Act, the existing National Physical and Standard Laboratories (NPSL), an entity 
of the PCSIR, shall stand separated from PCSIR, reconstituted and established as the National 
Metrology Institute of Pakistan (NMIP) hereinafter called as the Institute, in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act. 
(2) The Institute being the national custodian of metrological standards shall be a body 
corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with powers, subject to the provisions of 
this Act, to acquire and hold property and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 
(3) The Institute shall be at its existing place in Islamabad and it may establish its regional 
campuses anywhere in Pakistan, as the need may be, with the prior approval of the Board. 
4. Functions of the Institute.__ The Institute shall– 
(1) realize, acquire, keep, maintain, update, archive and disseminate  at national level, the 
primary, reference and secondary measurement standards and other derived standards of 
measurements in conformity with the  international system (SI) of base or primary, derived and 
supplementary units, described as under, namely:– 
(A) the description of SI primary units is as under:– 
(i) the primary unit of length shall be metre, denoted as “m”; 
(ii) the primary unit of mass shall be kilogram, denoted as “kg”; 
(iii) the primary unit of time shall be second, denoted as “s”; 
(iv) the primary unit of electric current shall be ampere, denoted as “A”; 
(v)  the primary unit of thermodynamic temperature shall be Kelvin denoted as “K”, 
where the Kelvin scale uses the degree Celsius (C) for its unit increment; 
(vi) the primary unit of luminous intensity shall be candela, denoted as “cd”; 
(vii) the primary unit of amount of substance shall be mole, denoted as “mol”; 
(B) the description of secondary (derived) units of measurements is as under: 
(i) the unit of volume shall be cubic metre, denoted as “m3”; 
(ii) the unit of specific volume shall be cubic metre per kilogram, denoted as   
“m3kg-1”; 
 
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(iii) the unit of density shall be kilogram per cubic metre, denoted as “kgm-3”; 
(iv) the unit of pressure shall be pascal, denoted as “Pa”; 
(v) the unit of power shall be watt, denoted as “W”; 
(vi) the unit of Frequency shall be denoted as “Hz”; 
(vii) the unit of kinematic Viscosity shall be Centistokes, denoted as “cSt”; 
(viii) the unit of electrical voltage or potential shall be Volt denoted as “V”; 
(C) the description of supplementary units of measurements is as under:__ 
(i) Geometric variables  Units 
(ii) Phase angle   radian, rad 
(iii) Solid angle   steradian, sr 
The supplementary unit is referred as a dimensionless unit, which is employed with the 
fundamental units to create the derived units. The supplementary units are utilized in 
two major geometric variables such as phase angle and solid angle. 
(D) reference standards are as under:__ 
(i) the institute may cause to acquire, process, keep and maintain as many sets of 
such standards of measure or multiples or  sub-multiples thereof, to be called 
reference standards as it may consider expedient and cause the measure of each 
such set to be authenticated as having been as certained from the primary units 
of measure; and 
(ii)  the reference standards shall be kept and maintained at the institute, in such 
custody and in such manner as may be prescribed; and 
(E)  secondary standards are as under:__ 
(i) for the purpose of verifyi ng the correctness of the working standards, the 
institute may cause to produce & provide as many sets of authenticated 
standards, to be called the secondary standards, as it may consider expedient; 
(ii) the secondary standards shall be made of such material, be of such w eight, 
length, form and specifications and made in such a manner as may be prescribed 
and shall be stamped and authenticated b y such person as the institute may 
direct;  
(iii) the secondary standards shall be kept at such places, in such custody and in such 
manner as may be prescribed; 
(iv) a secondary standard shall be verified or re-verified with the reference standards 
at least once in every period of five years and shall be adjusted or renewed, if 
necessary, and shall be marked with the date of verification in the prescribed 

 
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manner by such person as the institute may direct; and 
(v) a secondary standard which is not so verified, adjusted or renewed and marked 
within the aforesaid period shall not be deemed legitimate and shall not be used 
for the purpose of this Act; 
(2) establish unbroken chain of metrological traceability to B1PM standards an d its 
delivery down the ladder; 
(3) conduct research to develop and improve the  techniques of measurement, calibration, 
testing and analysis for obtaining maximum accuracy and precision of physical and chemical standards 
or measurements; 
(4) design and develop seconda ry and working stand ards in different fields of metrology 
as per international requirements; 
(5) design and develop testing a nd c alibration instruments for accurate an d precise 
measurement; 
(6) provide facilities and services for calibration, testing, verification an d standardization 
of measurement standards and instruments and issue calibration certificates and test reports; 
(7) provide facilities for characterization and production of materials of specific properties 
and to carry  out  research  to  produce  certified  reference material for industrial quality control; 
(8) provide metr ological support and services to industry and other sector of national 
economy including legal metrology sector; 
(9) carry-out human resource development through training courses workshops, seminars 
and conferences etc. and issue certificates; 
(10) launch awareness schemes for promotion of metrology business in the country for trade 
enhancement; 
(11) regularly participate in the activities and cooperate with national, regional and  
international organizations for exchange of information, training, and collaborative programs for the 
promotion of metrological activities and to maintain the accuracy and traceability of national reference 
standards with internationally acceptable value of respective standards; 
(12) regularly participate i n the inter laboratory or institute comparisons or p roficiency 
testing programs, arranged by national, regional and internationa l organizations to sustain and fortify 
the credibility of its services and operations, and get registered; 
(13) regularly participate in, arrange or hold the obligatory meetings  of different forums 
including BIPM, APMP, other RMOs and NM Is of scientifically developed economi es etc., deemed 
mandatory for the professional growth of the institute; 
(14) undertake contractual research and provide advisory services to industry, scientific or 
academic institutions and other public and private institutions for the solution of their measurement 
problems on commercial basis and to generate revenue to strengthen the activities of the Institute and 
also provide incentives to the researchers of the institute in accordance with the prescribed criteria; 
 
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(15) advise the Government and submit policy, recommendations regarding metrology, 
product and services quality, development, management, conservation and utilization; 
(16) publish scientific papers, reports and periodicals, as well as to arrange seminars, 
workshops and conferences on metrology and associated disciplines; 
(17) provide technical  support to universities and research institutions for collaborative 
research projects and fellowships; 
(18) commercialize its research and development through training in skills related to the 
specialized functions of the Institute; 
(19) based upon the c apability and competence, designate other Institutes as designated 
institutes to undertake certain metrology business in the areas of their expertise and excellence; 
(20) affiliate or attach with an academic institute for research and  development and higher 
education in the field of metrology; 
(21) cooperate or conduct such programs with national and international organizations, 
bodies working in the same or similar field and engage in the similar activities and enter into MoUs, 
agreements or contracts with the prior approval of the Board and the  Government on such terms and 
conditions as it may deem fit within the purview of its charter; 
(22) get registered IP assets  of the Institute emanating from r esearch or otherwise in IPO-
Pakistan to facilitate commercialization and protection of IP assets; and 
(23) adopt and implement updated metrological definitions and any other metrological 
standard and or system as and when so directed by the Government. 
5. Management.__ The management of the Institute shall consist of__ 
(a) Board of Governors; 
(b) Executive Committee of the Board; 
(c) Director-General; and 
(d) Technical Advisory Committee. 
6. Board of Governors.__ The general direction and superintendence of the affairs of the 
Institute shall vest in the Board constituted under this Act, which may exercise all powers and d o all 
acts and things which may be exercised or done by the Institute. 
7. Composition of the Board of the Governors. __ (1) The Board shall consist of the 
following: 
  
 
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(a) Minister of the Division concerned. Chairman 
(b) Secretary of the Division concerned. 
 
Vice-Chairman 
(c) Secretary of the Finance Division or his 
representative not below the rank of Joint 
Secretary. 
 
Member 
 
(d) Secretary of the Division allocated with the 
business of industries or his representative not 
below the rank of Joint Secretary. 
 
Member 
 
(e) Secretary of the Division allocated with the 
business of defence production or his 
representative not below the rank of Joint 
Secretary. 
 
Member 
 
(f) Secretary of the Division allocated with the 
business of commerce or his representative not 
below the rank of Joint Secretary. 
 
Member 
 
(g) Vice-President, Trade Development Authority of 
Pakistan. 
 
Member 
 
(h) Director-General, Pakistan Standards and 
Quality Control Authority or his representative. 
Member 
 
(i) three reputed scientists or engineers having 
expertise in the field of metrology, nominated by 
the Government. 
 
Member 
 
(j) Secretary, Industries and Commerce of each 
province, including Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad 
Jammu and Kashmir or their representatives. 
 
Members 
 
(k) Director-General, National Metrology Institute 
of Pakistan. 
 
Member 
 
(2) The Director-General of the Institute shall act as the Secretary of the Board. 
(3) The Government may increase or decrease the number of the  Board members and the 
Board may co-opt any person as and when deemed appropriate. 
8. Functions and powers of the Board.– (1) The Board shall– 
(a) review and approve annual, short term and long term plans, policies targets and 
schemes of the Institute; 
(b) approve research projects proposed by the Technical Advisory Committee; 
 
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(c) approve the business strategy and plans of the Institute; 
(d) approve the annual development and non-development budget of the Institute; 
(e) create, upgrade, downgrade, abolish or re-designate any post and to rationalize 
the ratio between the technical and non-technical staff, officers and officials of 
the Institute; 
(f) engage technical and non-technical personnel and such consultants, advisors or 
experts, from time to time, on such terms and conditions as it may deem 
necessary for efficient performance of the functions of the Institute; 
(g) propose to the Government, rules for carrying out the activities considered 
necessary for achieving efficient functioning of the Institute under this Act.; 
(h) adopt any rule a nd policy of the Go vernment, in full or part thereof, for 
implementation within the institute for its efficient performance and smooth 
operations; 
(i) approve schemes and programmes for carrying out collaborative research with 
regional and international bodies and institutes in various fields of metrology; 
(j)   take all measures to address, fulfill, smoothly perform and achieve the functions 
of the Institute; and 
(k)  consider and approve new areas of activity for the Institute and open new centers 
or campuses at other locations, as and when deemed appropriate. 
(2) The Board may delegate all or any of its powers by general or special order in writing, 
directing that such of its powers shall, in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may 
be specified in the order, be exercised by the Chairman, Executive Committee, or a member or officer 
of the Institute. 
(3) The Board may co-opt technical expert from provinces, in the committee for consultation, 
as and when need arises. 
9. Terms of office of members.__ (1) Save as hereinafte provided, a member, other than 
ex-officio member, shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment: 
Provided that a member may be removed from his office on account of misconduc t in 
accordance with the procedure applicable to the corresponding level of Government servants. 
 
(2) A member, other than an ex-officio member, may at any time resign in writing under 
his hand addressed to the Government. 
10. Meetings of the Board.__ (1) Save as hereinafter provided, the Board shall regulate the 
procedure for its meetings. 
(2) Meetings of the Board shall be called by its Chairman and in his absence by the Vice -
Chairman on such date and time and places as he may deem fit:  Provided that not less than two 
meetings shall be held in a year. 
 
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(3) Eight members of the Board including Chairman or Vice-Chairman shall constitute the 
quorum of the Board. 
(4) The decisions of the Board shall be expressed in terms of opinion of the majority of the 
members present in a meeting and in the event of equality, the Chairman or the Vice -Chairman 
presiding the meeting shall have a casting vote. 
(5) Each meeting of the Board shall be presided over by the Chairman or, in his absence, 
by Vice-Chairman or any other member so authorized by the Chairman. 
11. Executive Committee of the Board.__ (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this 
Act, the Executive Committee shall take decisions on behalf of  the Board subject to ratification by the 
Board at its meeting immediately following the meeting of the Executive Committee, unless otherwise 
authorized by the Board. 
(2) The Executive Committee shall comprise the following members, namely:__ 
(a) Director-General.     Convener  
(b) dealing officer not below the rank of Joint  Member 
 Secretary of the Division concerned with  
science and technology.   
(c) two senior most scientists of the Institute.  Member 
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder and 
such general or special direction as may,  from time to time, be given by the Board, the Executive 
Committee shall deal with any matter authorized by the Board. 
12. Director-General.__ (1) The Government or a person authorized by it in this behalf, 
shall appoint a Director-General from amongst the persons fulfilling the requirements of sub -section 
(2), for a term of four years extendable further, upon the recommendations of the Board, for a perio d 
not exceeding four years, on conditions as may be prescribed. 
(2) No person shall be appointed as Director General unless having at least MS or M.Sc, 
degree in natural or physical sciences,  or equivalent in engineering sciences from a university 
recognized by the Higher Education Commission  with at least fifteen years ’ experience in senior 
management cadre including five years in the field of metrology. 
13. Powers and functions of the Director -General.__ The Director-General shall be the 
chief executive of the Institute, who shall__ 
(a) from time to time, for the purpose of ensuring efficient functioning of the 
Institute and to facilitate its day to day functions, delegate to any of the officers 
of the Institute, such of his functions, powers or duties as he may consider 
necessary; 
(b) formulate business and research plans and submit to the Board for approval; 
(c) ensure the protection of all assets of the Institute including intellectual property 
assets in collaboration with IPO-Pakistan; 
 
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(d) promote commercialization of research and development work and IP assets of 
the Institute linking it with the market demand; 
(e) arrange for annual performance evaluation of the Institute from technical a nd 
professional auditors; 
(f) prepare the annual report of the Institute for submission to the  Government 
which may also place it before the Parliament; 
(g) identify areas of strength and weakness and formulate remedial programs; 
(h) commission industry specific studies to identify technical problems and to 
approve plans for technical, scientific i nput by the Institute towards their 
solution; 
(i) arrange management and technical courses on regular basis for managerial 
cadres of the Institute and metrological measurement courses for export oriented 
industry personnel; and 
(j) appoint, subject to the provisions of clause (f) of section 8, such officers and 
officials, as may be necessary for efficient performance of the functions of the 
Institute, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. 
14. Technical Advisory Committee. __ There shall be a Technical Advisory Committee of 
the Institute comprising__ 
 
(a) Director General of the Institute; Chairperson 
(b) Deputy Director General of the Institute; 
 
Member 
(c) two senior most scientists of the Institute; 
 
Member 
(d) a representative from the Division allocated 
with business of defense production; 
Member 
(e) two representatives from industrial sector, to 
be nominated by the Director General of the 
Institute; 
 
Member 
(f) representative from Pakistan Standards and 
Quality Control Authority; and 
Member 
(g) representative from Pakistan National 
Accreditation Council; 
 
Member 
15. Powers of the Technical Advisory Committee.__ The Technical Advisory Committee 
shall__ 
(a) identify and prepare research programmes and projects relevant to the industry 
and market demand; 
 
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(b) propose annual, short term, long term development programmes  and business 
strategy and plans of the Institute; 
(c) advise and report on any technical matters referred to it by any forum; 
(d) conduct performance evaluation of the research programmes for consideration 
by the Board; 
(e) identify and propose need based future policies and plans; and 
(f) evaluate and guide demand-oriented development projects for the Institute and 
propose annual and five years development programmes, render advice and 
report on any technical matter  referred to it by the Board or Executive 
Committee or Director General, or as the case may be. 
16.  Fund of the Institute. __ The fund of the Institute shall consist of__ 
(a) grants from the Government; 
(b) donations and endowments; 
(c) funds generated through sale proceeds, technical and consultancy services and 
income from IP assets; 
(d) loans, aid and donations from national, regional or international agencies; 
(e)  research grants; and 
(f) funds transferred on the separation of National Physical and Standards 
Laboratory from Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Resear ch and its 
re-constitution as an Institute. 
17. Appointment of officers, staff, etc.__ (1) The Institute may, from time to time, appoint 
such officers and staff as it may consider ne cessary for the efficient performance of its functions, on 
such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. 
(2) The Institute may engage experts or consultants on such terms a nd conditions as may 
be prescribed. 
18. Budget and accounts. __ (1) The Director General shall, in respect of each financial 
year, submit for the approval of the Board, a statement showing all the e xpenditures incurred during 
the year along-with estimated receipts and expenditures for the next financial year. 
(2) The Institute shall, by such date and in such for m as may be prescribed, submit to the 
Government for the approval of its budget for each  financial year showing the estimated receipts and 
expenditure and the sums which are likely to be required from the  Government during the financial 
year. 
(3) The accounts of the Institute shall be maintained in such form and manner as may be 
determined by the Auditor General of Pakistan. 
(4) The accounts of the Institute shall be audited by the Auditor General of Pakistan. 
 
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19. Submission of reports, etc. __ The Institute shall submit to the Government, at such 
time and at such intervals as the Government may specify, 
(a) annual report on the working of the Institute and its ranking on the global level 
as a competitive ranking; 
(b) such periodical reports and summaries as may be required by the Government; 
(c) such periodical return, accounts, statements and statistic as may be required by 
the Government; 
(d) information and comments asked for by the Government on any specific point;  
(e) copies of the documents required by the Government; and 
(f) original documents required by the Government for examination or any other 
purpose. 
20. Directives from the Government.__ The Government may, from time to time, issue to 
the Institute such directives and orders  as it may consider necessary for carrying out the purposes  of 
this Act and the Institute shall follow and carry out such directives and orders. 
21. Discoveries and inventions to vest in the Institute.__ All rights relating to discoveries 
and inventions and any improvements in materials, methods, processes, apparatus or equipment made 
by any officer or employee of the Institute in the course of his employment shall vest in the Institute. 
22. Declaration of fidelity and secrecy. __ Every member, advisor, officer or other 
employee of the Institute shall make such declaration of fidelity and secrecy as may be prescribed. 
23. Power to make rules. __ (1) The Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.  
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, such 
rules may provide for__ 
(a) the functions and powers of the Chai rman, Director General and  other 
functionaries of the Institute; and 
(b) the conditions under which the Institute may  enter into arrangements or 
agreements with other institutions, individual organizations, whether public, 
private or autonomous bodies. 
24. Power to make regulations. __ (1) The Board may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the rules made there under, 
providing for all matters for which provision is necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect 
to the provisions of this Act and the efficient and smooth conduct of the affairs of the Institute. 
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing pr ovision, the 
regulations may provide for__ 
(a) the criteria for appointment, promotion and other servi ce matters of the 
employees of the Institute; 
 
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(b) the career structure of the Institute and terms and conditions of service of the 
employees of the Institute including pension and disciplinary matters; 
(c) the grant of performance based incentives for the motivation of the employees 
of the institute; 
(d) the conduct of business at the meetings of the Board and, the Executive 
Committee; 
(e)  the duties, functions and conduct of the officers and employees of the Institute; 
(f)  preparation of annual estimates of income and expenditure and s upplementary 
estimates; 
(g) the use and disbursement of funds earned by the Institute on account of testing, 
calibration, analysis, sale, training, advisory, consultancy and other services; 
(h) the forms of returns and statements for various purposes; 
(i) the scheme of benevolent funds, group insurance and constitution  of general 
provident fund and welfare fund for the employees of the Institute; 
(j)  the investment of the funds of the Institute in various schemes of Government 
or its financial development institutions for the general welfare of the employees 
of the Institute; 
(k)  the manner in which payments are to be made by or on  behalf of the Institute  
and the officers by whom orders for making deposits or investments or for 
withdrawals or any othe r disposal of the income or funds of the Institut e shall 
be authenticated, made or signed; 
(l)  extension of medical, housing, transport, loans, grants and other facilities for 
the well-being and welfare of the employees of the Institute; and 
(m) the custody and use of common seal of the Institute. 
25. Continuance of certain rules etc. __ All rules, regulations and bye -laws made by the 
PCSIR in force immediately before the commencement of this Act which relate to provisions of this 
Act shall mutatis mutandis, and so far as they are not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this 
Act, continue in force until repealed or amended by rules or regulations made under this Act. 
26. Repeal and savings .__ (1) The provisions of Weights and Measures (Internat ional 
System) Act, 1967 (V of 1967) and any other law for the time being in force to the extent of the matters 
covered under this Act shall stand repealed. 
(2) Upon the commencement of this Act,__ 
(a) all assets, rights, powers authorities and privileges and all property movable or 
immovable, cash and bank balance, reserve funds, investments and all other 
interests and rights in or arising out of such property and all debts all liabilities 
and obligations of whatever kind of the NPSL subsisting immediately before its 
separation from PCSIR shall stand transferred to and vest in the Institute; 
 
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(b) all debts and obligations incurred or contracts entered into or rights acquired 
and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the NPSL before 
its separation and reconstitution as NMIP, shall be deemed to have been 
incurred, entered into, acquired or engaged to be done by, with or for the 
Institute; 
 
(c) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or against the NPSL before its 
separation from PCSIR and reconstitution as NMIP shall be deemed to be suits 
and legal proceedings by or against the Institute and may be proceeded or 
otherwise dealt with accordingly; 
(d) all actions done by the NPSL before the commencement of this Act shall be 
deemed to be done under this Act; 
 
(e) all officers and other employees of the NPSL shall, notwithstanding anything 
contained in any law or in any agreement, deed, document or other instrument, 
stand transferred to the Institute in accordance with the prese nt terms and 
conditions of the service applicable to them; and 
 
(f)  on transfer under clause (e), all existing officers and employees shall, within 
ninety days of the commencement of this Act, exercise an irrevocable option 
either to become employees of  the Institute established under this Act or 
continue on their ex isting terms and conditions of service,  including their 
pension, general provident fund, gratuity, housing and other fringe benefits, 
applicable immediately before commencement of this Act. 
 
 
 
 
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RGN Date: 14-11-2025