PUNJAB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, 1965

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THE PUNJAB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, 
1965 
(XXXIII of 1965) 
CONTENTS 
PART I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and application 
2. Definitions 
PART II 
Standard of Weights and Measures 
3. Secondary Standards 
4. Working Standards 
5. Weighing and measuring instruments 
6. Prohibition of weights and measures other than standard weights and 
measures for purposes other than measurement of land 
7. Licensing of manufactures, etc., weights, measures, etc 
PART III 
Verification and Stamping of Weights and Measures 
8. Denomination to be indicated 
9. Stamping and verification of weights and measures 
10. Use of weighing or measuring instrument not verified and stamped 
prohibited 
11. Sale or delivery of weight measure, weighing and measuring instrument 
not verified and stamped prohibited 
12. Provision of means of verification and stamping 
13. Appointment of Inspector of weights and measures 
14. Inspector to enter into recognizance 
15. Verification and stamping by Inspectors 
16. Power to inspect weights, etc., and to enter shops, etc., for that purpose 
17. Inspector not to be maker, seller or adjuster of weighing or measuring 
instruments 
18. Inspector to be public servant 
19. Government may determine difference 
20. Levy of fees 
21. Validity of weights and measures, etc., duly stamped 
22. Stamped weights, etc., to be prima facie deemed correct in any Court 
PART IV 
Penalties 
23. Penalty for fraudulent use of weights, etc 
24. Penalty f or making, selling or disposing of false or defective weight, 
measure, etc 
25. Penalty for carrying on the business of manufacturing, etc., of weights, 
etc., without obtaining licence 
26. Penalty for sale of weight or measure other than Standard Weights or 
Measures 
27. Penalty for use and possession of weight, measure, etc., not authorised 
28. Penalty for giving short weight or measure 
29. Penalty f or sale or delivery of weight or measure, etc., not verified or 
stamped 
30. Penalty for forging, etc., of weights, measures etc 
31. Penalty for neglect or refusal to produce weight for inspection 
32. Penalty for breach of duty by Inspector 
PART V 
Miscellaneous 
33. Protection to persons acting in good faith 
34. Cognizance of offences 
35. Delegation of powers by Government 
36. Power to prescribe the amount of error to be tolerated 
37. Power to exempt specified persons, articles or trades from provisions of 
this Ordinance 
38. Powers of Government to make rules 
39. Repeal and savings 
SCHEDULE 
 
 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, 1965 
(XXXIII of 1965) 
[28 October 1965] 
An 
Ordinance 
to consolidate the law regulating the use of weights and measures in the Province 
of 
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[the Punjab]. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate the law regulating the use 
of weights and measures in the Province of 
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[the Punjab]; 
 AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly is not in session and the 
Governor of West Pakistan is s atisfied that circumstances exist which render 
immediate legislation necessary; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the powers vesting in him under clause 
(1) of Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased 
to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
PART I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and application.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 
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[Punjab] Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1965. 
 (2) It extends to whole of the Province of 
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[the Punjab], except the Tribal 
Areas. 
 (3) Part I shall come into force at once. Parts II, III and V shall come into 
force in the whole or any specified area of the Province from such date or dates as 
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf, and 
different dates may be specified for the coming into force of different Parts. 
 (4) Part IV shall come into force in an area or part of the Province on the 
expiry of three months from the date on which Parts II, III and V have been brought 
into force in such area or part. 
 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on October 22, 1965, published in the Gazette of W est 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated October 28, 1965, pp. 5573 -5585 and approved by the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan, 
with Amendments, on December 2, 1965, under clause (3)  of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic  Republic of Pakistan 
(1962). 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f.  14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 82. 
3Ibid. 
4Ibid. 
5Ibid. 
6Ibid. 
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2. Definitions.– In this Ordi nance, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following expressions shall have t he meanings hereby res pectively assigned to 
them, that is to say– 
(a) “Government” means the 
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[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; 
(b) “Inspector” means an Inspector of weights and measures and 
weighing or measuring instruments appointed under section 13; 
(c) “measuring instrument” includes any instrument for the 
measurement of length, area, energy, capacity or volume, other than 
an instrument used exclusively for the measurement of land; 
(d) “prescribed” with its grammatical variations means prescribed by rules 
made under this Ordinance; 
(e) “Reference Standard” means– 
(i) in relation to weights, the set of standard weights supplied by 
the 
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[Federal] Government to the Provincial Government under 
sub-section (2) of section 4 of the Standards of Weight Act, 
1939; 
(ii) in rela tion to measures of capacity, t he set of st andard 
measures of capacity provided by the 
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[Federal] Government 
under section 6 of the Weights and Measures of Capacity 
Act, 1871; and 
(iii) in relation to measures of le ngth, the copy of the Imperial 
Standard Yard kept by t he Provincial Government under the 
provisions of section 3 of the Measure of Length Act, 1889; 
(f) “rules” means rules made under section 38; 
(g) “Secondary Standards” means the weights and measures prepared 
under section 3; 
(h) “trade” includes any dealing or contract other than a dealing or contract 
in respect of land; 
(i) the expressions “verification” or “re-verification” with their grammatical 
variations, used with reference to a weight or measure or weighing or 
measuring instrument, include the process of comparing, checking or 
testing such weights or measures or weighing or measuring 
instruments; 
(j) “weighing instruments” include scales, with the weights appertaining 
thereto, scale beams, balances, spring balances, steel-yards, weighing 
machines and other instruments for weighing; and 
(k) “Working Standards” means the weights and measures provided under 
section 4. 
 
1Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f.  
14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), d ated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read 
with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 82. 
2Substituted for the word “Central” by the Order ibid. 
3Ibid. 
PART II 
Standard of Weights and Measures 
3. Secondary Standard s.– (1) For t he purpose of verifying t he Working 
Standards, such standard weights and measures as Government may direct shall be 
prepared by s uch authority or person as may be approved by G overnment, and 
such weights and measures shall be made of such material, be of such weight, 
length, form and specifications and made in such manner as may be prescribed and 
shall be stamped in such manner as Government may approve. 
 (2) The standard weights and measures so prepared and stamped shall 
be called Secondary Standards. 
 (3) The Secondary Standards shall be kept at such places and by such 
officers as may be specified by Government. 
 (4) The Secondary S tandards shall be verified or re-verified with the 
Reference Standards within the prescribed period and shall be adjusted or renewed, 
if necessary, and shall be marked with the date of verification in the prescribed 
manner by such officer as Government may direct. 
 (5) A Secondary Standard which is not so verified, adjusted or renewed 
and marked within the prescribed period shall not be deemed to be legal and 
shall not be used for the purposes of this Ordinance. 
4. Working Standards.– (1) For the purpose of verifying weights and 
measures in use, Government may provide such standard weights and measures, 
which c onform to the Reference Standard, as it thinks fit to be Working 
Standards, and t hey shall be verified with the Secondary Standards before being 
stamped. 
 (2) A Working Standard shall not be deemed legal or be used for the 
purposes of this Ordinance, unless it has been verified or re-verified and marked in 
the prescribed manner, within such period as may be prescribed before the time at 
which it is used. 
 (3) A Working Standard which has become defective shall not be legal 
or be used for t he purposes of this Ordi nance until it has been re-verified and 
marked in the prescribed manner. 
 (4) The Working Standards shall be kept at such places, in such manner 
and by such persons as may be prescribed. 
5. Weighing and measuring instruments.– (1) Weighing and measuring 
instruments stamped in the prescribed manner by such officer as Government may 
direct shall be kept at all places where Secondary Standards or Working Standards 
are kept. 
 (2) Such instruments shall be of such kind, kept in such manner and shall 
be verified, adjusted or renewed in such manner as may be prescribed in this behalf. 
6. Prohibition of weights and measures other than standard weights and 
measures for purposes other than measurement of land.– (1) 
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force but subject 
to the provisions c ontained in section 37, all dealings or c ontracts, other than 
dealings or contracts in respect of land, had or made in any area, for any work to 
be done or goods to be sold or delivered by weight or measure shall be deemed to 
be had or made according to one of the standard weights or measures specified in 
this Ordinance, or to multiples or sub-multiples thereof, and it shall not be lawful to 
use any other weights or measures in relation to any such dealing or contract. 
 (2) Any dealing or contract had or made in contravention of the 
provisions of sub-section (1) as far as it contravenes the said provisions, shall be 
void, unless it is  proved that such dealing or contract was had or made without 
intention to contravene the said provisions. 
7. Licensing of manufactures, etc., weights, measures, etc.– (1) No person 
shall, after a date notified in this behalf by Government, carry on or continue to carry 
on the business of manufacturing, repairing or selling any wei ght, measure, 
measuring instrument or weighing instrument unless he holds an effective licence 
under this Ordinance. 
 (2) A licence under sub-section (1) may be granted by such authority, for 
such period, in such form, on such conditions and on payment of such fees as may 
be prescribed. 
PART III 
Verification and Stamping of Weights and Measures 
8. Denomination to be indicated.– (1) E very weight which conforms to the 
provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, except where the small 
size of the weight renders it impracticable, shall have the denomination thereof 
cast in the body or stamped or engraved on the top or side thereof, in legible figures 
and letters. 
 (2) Every measure of length, area, capacity or volume which conforms to 
the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder shall have the 
denomination thereof cast in the body or stamped or engraved on the outside 
of such measure in legible figures and letters. 
 (3) A weight or measure which does not conform to the provisions of this 
section shall not be stamped in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or 
the rules made thereunder. 
9. Stamping and verification of weights and measures.– No weight or 
measure shall be used f or trade unless it has been verified or re-verified and 
stamped in the prescribed manner by an Inspector with a stamp of verification under 
this Ordinance. 
10. Use of weighing or measuring instrument not verified and stamped 
prohibited.– No weighing or measuring instrument shall be used for trade unless it 
has been verified or re-verified within the period fixed and stamped in the prescribed 
manner by an Inspector with a stamp of verification. 
11. Sale or delivery of weight measure, weighing and measuring instrument 
not verified and stamped prohibited .– No weight or measure or weighing or 
measuring instrument s hall be sold or delivered unless it has been verified or re-
verified and stamped in the prescribed manner by an Inspector with a stamp of 
verification. 
12. Provision of m eans of verification and stamping.– Government s hall 
provide proper and sufficient means for verifying, adjusting and stamping 
weights and measures and weighing or measuring instruments in all headquarter 
towns in the Districts and at such other places as Government may determine. 
13. Appointment of Inspector of weights and measures.– There shall be 
appointed a sufficient number of persons with the prescribed qualifications as 
Inspectors for keeping the Secondary and Working Standards in safe and proper 
custody and for the discharge of the other duties of Inspectors under this Ordinance 
and the rules made thereunder. 
14. Inspector to enter into recognizance.– Every Inspector shall forthwith on 
his appointment enter into a recognizance with Government, in such sum as may be 
prescribed, for the due performance of the duties of his office, for the due payment 
at the time and in the manner required by Government of all moneys received by 
him under this Ordinance and for the safety of the Secondary and Working 
Standards and the stamps and appliances for verification committed to his charge 
and for their due surrender immediately on ceasing to hold office. 
15. Verification and stamping by Inspectors.– (1) Every Inspector shall, for the 
purposes of the verification of weights and measures and weighing and measuring 
instruments, attend at s uch time and place within his jurisdiction as may be 
appointed in this behalf by Government. 
 (2) An Inspector shall verify every weight or measure or weighing or 
measuring instrument which is brought to him for the purpose of verification or re-
verification, and if he finds such weight or measure or weighing or measuring 
instrument correct, he s hall st amp the same with a stamp of verification in the 
prescribed manner. 
16. Power to inspect weights, etc., and to enter shops, etc., f or that 
purpose.– An Inspector may– 
(a) at all reasonable times, inspect all weights and measures and weighing 
or measuring instruments within the area under his charge which are 
used or are in the possession of any person and may verify every such 
weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument with a 
Secondary or Working Standard or a weighing or measuring 
instrument prescribed for the purpose; 
(b) for the purposes of such inspection, at all reasonable times, enter any 
place where weights and measures and weighing or measuring 
instruments are used or kept f or purposes of trade and inspect such 
weights and measures and weighing or measuring instruments; and 
(c) seize and detain any weight or measure or weighing or measuring 
instrument regarding which an offence under this Ordinance appears 
to have been committed or which appears to have been or which may 
be used for the commission of such offence. 
17. Inspector not to be maker, seller or adjuster of weighing or measuring 
instruments.– An Inspector shall not derive any profit from or be employed in the 
making, adjusting or s elling of weights or measures or weighing or measuring 
instruments: 
 Provided that in any area in which it appears to Government desirable that an 
Inspector shall be allowed to adjust weights or measures or weighing or measuring 
instruments, Government may authorise such Inspector to adjust weights, measures 
or such instruments accordingly. 
18. Inspector to be public servant.– Every Inspector shall be deemed to be a 
public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code
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19. Government may determine difference.– (1 ) If any difference arises 
between an Inspector and any person interested as to the method of verifying, 
adjusting or stamping any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument, 
such difference may, at the request of the party interested or by the Inspector of his 
own accord, be referred to such officer as Government may direct, and the decision 
of such officer shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), be final. 
 (2) An appeal shall lie within the time prescribed from the decision under 
sub-section (1) to Government or to such officer or authority as Government may 
appoint in this behalf. 
 (3) Any decision made under sub-section (2) shall be final. 
20. Levy of fees.– Government shall charge such fees as may be prescribed for 
the verification or re-verification, marking, adjusting and stamping of weights and 
measures or weighing instruments. 
21. Validity of weights and measures, etc., duly stamped.– A weight or 
measure or measuring or weighing instrument duly stamped by an Inspector under 
this Ordinance shall be legal weight or measure in all places in which this Part has 
come into force, unless false or defective, and shall not be liable to be re-stamped 
because used in any place other than that in which it was originally stamped. 
22. Stamped weights, etc., to be prima facie deemed correct in any 
Court.– A weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument duly st amped 
under the provisions of this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder shall be 
deemed to be correct, until its inaccuracy is proved, if it is produced in any Court by 
any public servant having charge thereof under the direction of Government or by 
any person acting under the general or special authority of such public servant. 
PART IV 
Penalties 
23. Penalty for fraudulent use of weights, etc.– Whoever fraudulently uses 
any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall be punished with 
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or 
with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 
 
1XLV of 1860. 
24. Penalty f or making, selling or disposing of false or defective weight, 
measure, etc.– Whoever makes, sells or disposes of or causes to be made, sold or 
disposed of any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he 
knows or has reasons to believe to be false or defective, shall be punished with 
rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine 
which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 
25. Penalty for carrying on the business of manufacturing, etc., of weights, 
etc., without ob taining l icence.– Whoever carries on the business of 
manufacturing or selling any weight, measure, or weighing or measuring instrument 
without having in his possession an effective licence under section 7 shall be 
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with 
fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 
26. Penalty for sale of weight or measure other than Standard Weights or 
Measures.– Whoever sells or causes to be sold any article by any denomination of 
weight or measure other than one of the st andard weights or measures or any 
authorised integral multiple or sub-multiple thereof, shall be punished with fine which 
may extend to five hundred rupees. 
27. Penalty f or use  and possession of weight, measure, etc., not 
authorised.– Whoever uses or has in his possession for use for trade any weight or 
measure or weighing or measuring ins trument which is false or defective, or not 
authorised, verified, re-verified or st amped under or in  accordance with the 
provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder shall be punished with 
fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and any trade had or made by such 
weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall be void. 
Explanation.– Where any such weight or measure or weighing or measuring 
instrument is found at any premises which are used by a trader for trade, such trader 
shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have had such weight or measure 
or weighing or measuring instrument in his possession for use for trade. 
28. Penalty for giving short weight or measure.– Whoever in selling any 
article by weight or measure delivers or causes to be delivered to the purchaser a 
less weight or measure than is purported to be sold shall, if the less weight or 
measure exceeds the amount of error prescribed under section 36, be punished with 
imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five 
hundred rupees, or with both. 
29. Penalty f or sale or delivery of weight or measure, etc., not verified or 
stamped.– Whoever sells or causes to be sold or delivered any weight or 
measure or weighing or measuring instrument not verified or re-verified and stamped 
in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be punished with fine which 
may extend to one thousand rupees. 
30. Penalty for forging, etc., of weights, measures etc.– (1) Whoever forges 
or counterfeits any stamp used under this Ordinance for the stamping of any weight 
or measure or weighing or measuring instrument or removes a stamp from any 
weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument and inserts the same into 
another weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument or wilfully 
increases or diminishes a weight or measure so stamped shall be punished with 
rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which 
may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 
 (2) Whoever knowingly uses, sells, or causes to be s old, or utters, 
disposes of or exposes for sale, any weight or measure or weighing or measuring 
instrument with such forged or counterfeit stamp thereon, or a weight or measure so 
increased or diminished shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment f or a term 
which may extend to six months, or with a fine which may extend to five hundred 
rupees, or with both. 
31. Penalty f or neglect or r efusal to pr oduce weight for inspection.– 
Whoever neglects or ref uses to produce for ins pection all weights, measures and 
weighing or measuring instruments in his possession or on his premises or 
refuses to permit an Inspector authorised to examine the same or any of them or 
obstructs t he entry of the Inspector under section 16 or otherwise obstructs or 
hinders him in the performance of his duties shall be punished with fine which may 
extend to five hundred rupees. 
32. Penalty for breach of duty by Inspector.– If an Inspector knowingly stamps 
a weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument in contravention of the 
provisions of this Ordinance or of the rules made thereunder or is guilty of a 
breach of any duty imposed on him by this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder, 
he shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may 
extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with 
both. 
PART V 
Miscellaneous 
33. Protection to persons acting in good faith.– No suit, prosecution or other 
legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person for anything which is in good 
faith done or intended to be done under this Ordinance or t he rules made 
thereunder. 
34. Cognizance of offences.– No prosecution under this Ordinance shall be 
instituted except by or with the previous sanction of the officer or authority specially 
empowered by Government in this behalf. 
35. Delegation of p owers by Government.– Any of the powers and duties 
conferred and imposed upon Government by this Ordinance may be exercised and 
performed, subject to such conditions as Government may think fit, by any person or 
authority whom Government may, by general or special order, empower in this 
behalf. 
36. Power to prescribe the amount of error to be tolerated.– Government may 
prescribe the amount of error to be tolerated in selling articles by weight or measure 
generally or as regards any trade or class of trades. 
37. Power to exempt specified persons, articles or trades from provisions of 
this Ordinance.– Government may, by notification in t he official G azette, and 
subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may think fit to impose, exempt any 
class of persons, any commodity, trade, or any weighing or measuring instruments, 
used or intended to be used for any purpose other than the trade specified in the 
notification, from all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance. 
38. Powers of Go vernment to m ake rules.– (1) Government may, after 
previous publication, make rules for car rying into effect the purposes of this 
Ordinance. 
 (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such 
rules may prescribe– 
(a) the places at which and the custody and manner in which 
Reference Standards shall be kept; 
(b) the composition, form and specification of Secondary Standards and 
the manner in which they shall be made; 
(c) the places at which and the custody and manner in which 
Secondary Standards shall be kept; 
(d) the procedure for the verification, re-verification, adjustment or 
renewal of Secondary Standards and for marking them with the dates 
of their verification and re-verification; 
(e) the period during which verification or r e-verification of Secondary 
Standards shall take place; 
(f) the c omposition, form and s pecifications and use of Working 
Standards, the manner in which such standards shall be provided, the 
agency by whom and the manner in which such standards shall be 
stamped, and the places at which and the custody and manner in 
which such standards shall be kept; 
(g) the procedure f or t he verification or re-verification and  marking of 
Working Standards and the person by whom and the place where they 
shall be verified or re-verified or marked, and the period during which 
the verification, re-verification or marking shall take place; 
(h) the number of weighing and measuring instruments to be kept and 
necessary particulars regarding the same; 
(i) the authority by whom certified s cales shall be provided f or t he 
purposes of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, and the 
manner in which they shall be verified or re-verified; 
(j) the composition, form, specifications, manufacture and sale of weights 
and measures in use; 
(k) the inspection, verification, re-verification, adjustment, and stamping 
of weights and measures and weighing or measuring instruments in 
use, incl uding t he prohibition of stamping in cases where the nature, 
denomination, material or mode of construction of the weight or 
measure or weighing or measuring instrument appears likely to 
facilitate the commission of fraud, and the period within which such 
weights and measures and weighing or measuring instruments shall be 
verified or re-verified; 
(l) the circumstances and the conditions under which and the manner in 
which stamps may be obliterated or defaced; 
(m) the tests to be applied for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy and 
efficiency of weighing or measuring instruments; 
(n) the limit of error to be allowed on verification or re-verification and to 
be tolerated on inspection either generally or as regards any trade; 
(o) the amount of error to be tolerated in weights and measures and 
weighing or measuring instruments used or intended to be used for 
trade; 
(p) the amount of error to be tolerated in selling articles by weight or 
measure generally or as regards any trade or class of trade; 
(q) the f ees to  be charged for the verification, r e-verification, marking, 
adjustment and stamping or weights and measures and weighing or 
measuring instruments and the collection and levy of the same; 
(r) the seizure, detention and destruction of weights and measures and 
weighing or measuring instruments which are not authorised by t his 
Ordinance; and 
(s) the qualifications, functions and duties of Inspectors. 
 
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[(3) Rules made under this section may provide that any contravention 
thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.] 
39. Repeal and savings.– (1) On the coming into force of this Ordinance in any 
area, the enactments mentioned in the Schedule shall, and in so far as applicable to 
that area, be repealed. In the event of specified provisions of this Ordinance being 
applied to certain areas, the corresponding provisions of such enactments 
shall stand repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1Added by the West Pakistan Weights and Measures (Amendment) Ordinance, 1969 (3 of 1969), published in the Gazette of 
West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 12, 1969, pp. 875-876, s. 2. 
SCHEDULE 
(See section 39) 
Serial 
No. 
Year Enactment 
No. 
Short title 
1 1932 XV The Sind Weights and 
Measures Act, 1932. 
2 1932 XV The Bombay Weights and 
Measures Act, 1932, as 
applicable to Karachi. 
3 1941 XII The Punjab Weights and 
Measures Act, 1941. 
4 1946 -- The Bahawalpur State 
Weights and Measures Act, 
1946. 
5 1947 XXIII The Nort h-West Frontier 
Province Weights and 
Measures Act, 1947. 
 (2) Notwithstanding t he re peal of the enactments specified in  the 
Schedule, all appointments made, notifications and notices issued, rules, bye-laws 
and orders made, contracts entered into and suits and other proceedings instituted 
under any of the repealed enactments shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, continue in 
force and be deemed to have been made, issued, entered into and instituted under 
this Ordinance.