What is Government Weighing Calibration Certificate?

To specify details of standards and commercial Weight or Measure in regard to denomination, physical characteristics, material, tolerance, design, and performance.

Made under Legal Metrology Act, 2009, these rules govern the specifications of standards of Weights and Measures for reference, Secondary and Working standards, used for the purpose of periodic verification and re-verification. These also regulate the conditions of usage of Weights and Measures in any transaction or protection, which ought to be conformed to physical characteristics and configuration as specified in the schedule-V of these rules. These also govern the conditions of import of Weight and Measure requiring registration of importer with the Legal Metrology Department. These rules exclusively prohibit any use of Non-Standard Weight and Measure in any trade and commerce. However, under the rules, permission for usage of such instruments is granted only for scientific investigation or research. The thirteen schedules appended to these rules contain details of Weight and Measure instruments and their characteristics, configuration, condition and the manner of periodic verification and re-verification.

Name of the all Weighing and Measuring Instruments which should need to have Calibration Certificate, Government Stamping & Government Verification Certificate annually

The instruments which come under the provisions of the Act for verification and calibration are:

1. Weights
2. Measures
3. Steel tape measures.(fabric tape/folding scales)
4. Dispensing Pumps(Petrol Pumps)
5. Length measures
6. Weighbridges
7. Beam Scales
8. Surveying chains used for land measurement
9. Counter Machines
10. Water meter (Domestic)
11. Clinical thermometer
12. Sphygmomanometer
13. Taxi Meter
14. CNG Measuring instruments
15. Calibration and verification of tank lorry
16. Oil storage tanks
17. Automatic gravimetric filling machines
18. Peg Measures
19. Automatic Rail Weighbridges
20. Automatic Road Weighbridges
21. VATS
22. Totalizing Automatic weighing instruments (totalising Hopper weighers)
23. Bulk Meter
24. Liquid System other than water
25. Volumetric Container type liquid measuring devices

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