CS Executive · Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws · Legal Metrology
Kaveri Appliances publishes a newspaper advertisement for a packed mixer grinder set stating its retail sale price of Rs 4,999 but gives no information on the quantity or number of items in the package. Under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, what is the position?
An advertisement that mentions the retail sale price of a pre-packaged commodity must also declare the net quantity or number contained in the package, in the prescribed form and manner. The duty is not limited to the package label, so the advertisement without it is non-compliant.
- AThe advertisement is fine because declarations are needed only on the package itself
- BThe advertisement is fine if the price is stated inclusive of all taxes
- CThe advertisement must contain a declaration of net quantity or number in the prescribed form and manner, as it mentions the retail sale priceCorrect
- DThe advertisement needs a declaration only if it is displayed on television
Explanation
Section 18(2) requires that any advertisement mentioning the retail sale price of a pre-packaged commodity contain a declaration of the net quantity or number of the commodity in the package, in the prescribed form and manner. The requirement is not confined to the package label or to any one medium.
Did you get it right without looking?
One question tells you little. A timed set on Legal Metrology shows your real accuracy, how long you take and where you lose marks.
More Legal Metrology questions
- Delhi-based Sharma Traders is told that an officer who inspects its premises in connection with a dispute over a weighing scale used in an i…
- Ramesh, a shopkeeper in Indore, physically blocks a legal metrology officer from entering his shop to verify weights and records. He had pre…
- The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 was enacted but did not apply on the day it received assent. Under the Act, how was its commencement fixed?
- A law student asks how the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 came into operation after being enacted. Which statement matches the Act?
- Before the rules under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 commenced, a person had been validly appointed as a legal metrology officer. The rules …
- Kiran, a trader in Pune, physically blocks a legal metrology officer from entering his shop to inspect weights and records. What punishment …