What India Legal Metrology Act 2009 - Packaged Commodities Rules, MRP Declaration and DPIIT Enforcement requires
India's Legal Metrology Act 2009 (Act No. 1 of 2010, in force 1 April 2011) repealed the Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976 and its Enforcement Act 1985; the Act and its Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 (LMPC Rules) mandate that every pre-packaged commodity sold in India bear mandatory declarations in English or Hindi including: name and address of manufacturer, packer, or importer; common or generic name of the commodity; net quantity in SI units; month and year of manufacture or packing; retail sale price (MRP) stated as 'Maximum Retail Price inclusive of all taxes'; and customer care number; administered by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) with enforcement by state-level Controllers of Legal Metrology; importers require a Legal Metrology Packaged Commodities (LMPC) Certificate and a 45-day window to affix compliant declarations; penalties for incorrect net quantity: INR 25,000 for first offence, INR 50,000 for second offence, INR 1 lakh plus up to 1 year imprisonment for third and subsequent offences; e-commerce Rule 6 requires MRP declaration and mandatory digital display of all statutory information for online retail.
Pillar: Operations & CX · Authority: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; State Controllers of Legal Metrology · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://legalmetrology.gov.in/
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- Section 14 (inspector powers); Section 15 (entry and inspection); Section 18 (offences related to net quantity); Section 33 (tampering with net quantity); Section 36 (penalty for incorrect net quantity - INR 25,000/50,000/1 lakh + imprisonment); Section 45 (cognizance of offences); Section 54 (compounding of offences) — Legal Metrology Act 2009 (Act No. 1 of 2010) - DPIIT India
- Rule 6(1) (mandatory declarations - MRP, net quantity, manufacturer name, date, consumer care); Rule 6(1)(f) (MRP format inclusive of all taxes); Rule 10 (permissible minus errors); Rule 27A (LMPC Certificate for importers; 45-day window); Schedule II (PME limits by quantity range) — Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 - Ministry of Consumer Affairs
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