NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 2nd November, 2021

G.S.R. 779(E)

Short title and commencement.–

(1) These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules. They shall come into force on the 1^st day of April, 2022.

In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2,  in  clause  (aa),  for  the  words,  brackets,  letters  and  figures  ―clause  (d)  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  2  of  the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986)‖, the words, brackets, letters and figures ―clause (7) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019)‖ shall be

In the said rules, rule 4 shall be renumbered as sub-rule (1) thereof, and after sub-rule (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:––

When  one  or  more  packages  intended  for  retail  sale  are  grouped  together  for                                  being  sold  as  a  retail package on promotional offer, every package of the group shall                               comply with provisions of rule 6.

In the said rules, rule 5 shall be omitted

In the said rules, in rule 6, in sub-rule (1),––

in clause (d), the words, ―or pre-packed or imported‖ shall be omitted;

in clause (e), for the words commencing with ―and the price in rupees and paisa‖, and ending with ―(d) MRP Rs. ₹ xx.xx(inclusive of all taxes):‖, the words ―in Indian currency:‖ shall be substituted;

after sub-rule (10), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:––

The unit sale price shall be declared as–

• ―Rs. per gm for pre-packaged commodities with net quantity of commodity less than one kilogram;

• ―Rs. per kg for pre-packaged commodities with net quantity of commodity more or equal to one kilogram;

• ―Rs. per cm for pre-packaged commodities with net length of the commodity less than one meter;

• ―Rs. per meter for pre-packaged commodities with net length of the commodity more or equal to one meter;

• ―Rs. per number;

• ―Rs. per ml for pre-packaged commodities with net volume of the commodity less than one litre;

• ―Rs. per litre for pre-packaged commodities with net volume of the commodity more or equal to one .

In the said rules, in rule 13, in sub-rule (5), for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:–

― (ii) for items sold by number, the number or unit or piece or pair or set or such other word which represents the quantity in the package shall be mentioned.‖.

7. In the said rules, in rule 18,–

   • in sub-rule  (2A),  for  the  words,  brackets,  letters  and  figures,  ―clause  (nnn)  and  clause  (r), respectively of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986)‖, the words, brackets, letters and figures ―clause (41) and (47) of section 2 of the Consumer  Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019)‖ shall be substituted;

   • in sub-rule (7), for the words, brackets and letters, ―Value Added Tax (VAT) or Turn Over Tax (TOT)‖, the words, ―Goods and Service Tax‖ shall be substituted.