¹[14. (1) The Institution may, with the approval of the Government, appoint as many Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Senior Examiners, Examiners, and Inspectors for weights and measures as it may deem fit. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, all Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Senior Examiners, Examiners, and Inspectors shall perform their duty under the General Superintendence and control of the Director-General. (3) The Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Senior Examiners and Examiners may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Ordinance, exercise any powers or discharge any duties so conferred or imposed on an Inspector. (4) The Government shall, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Inspector or any other officer appointed under sub-section (1) shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him by or under this Ordinance. (5) The Director-General, every Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Senior Examiner, Examiner, Inspector, and every other officer duly authorised by or under this Ordinance to perform any duty shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860).]

15. An Inspector shall, at such place within his jurisdiction and at such time as the authorised person may direct, verify a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument brought to him for the purpose and shall, if he finds it correct and in conformity with this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder, stamp it with a stamp of verification in such manner as the Government may specify.

16. (1) The authorised person may at any reasonable time, inspect and verify with a secondary standard or a working standard or, as the case may be, with a weighing instrument or a measuring instrument prescribed for the purpose, any weight, measures, weighing instrument or measuring instrument which is used in any transaction of trade or commerce or is in possession of any person or is found on any premises for such use, and may, for the purpose of such inspection and verification enter into or upon any place of premises and require any trader or any employee or agent of a trader to produce before him, or, in case of non compliance with the requirement, search for, any weight measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument or any document or record relating thereto. (2) For the purpose of verifying any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument under sub section (1), the authorised person may verify or cause to be verified the weight or measure of any article sold or delivered in the course of any transaction of trade or commerce. (3) Where any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument or any other article in relation to which trade or commerce has taken place or is intended to take place is inspected and verified under sub section (1) and is not found to be what is purports to be, the authorised person may seize or detain the same. (4) Where any article seized under sub section (3) are subject to speedy or natural decay, the authorised person may dispose of such article in such manner as may be specified by the Government. (5) Every search or seizure made shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), relating to searches and seizures made under that Code. (6) Every false or unverified weight or measure or article seized under sub-section (3) shall be liable to be forfeited to the ²[Institution]: Provided that an unverified weight or measure shall not be forfeited to the ³[Institution] if the person from whom such weight or measure was seized gets the same verified and stamped within such times as may be prescribed.

17. (1) Where the authorised person or an Inspector has reason to believe that a sealed package or container intended for sale does not contain the net weight or measure of the article which it purports to contain, the authorised person or, as the case may be, the Inspector may break open the package or container and verify the weight or measure of its contents and may, for the purpose of such verification, enter into or upon any place of premises and require the trader concerned or any employee or agent of the trader to produce before him the package or container which is to be so verified. (2) Where, upon verification under sub section (1), the net weight or measure of the contents is found to be the same as the package or container purports to contain, the authorised person or, as the case may be, the Inspector shall re seal the package or container where it is possible to do so without injuring the contents, and attach thereto a certificate stating the correct weight or measure of the contents. (3) Where the net weight or measure of the contents verified under sub-section (1) is not found to be the same as the package or container purports to contain, the authorised person or, as the case may be, the Inspector may seize or detain the package or container and its contents.

18. The authorised person may, if he considers it desirable that in any area, a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument should be adjusted, require an Inspector to adjust, in such manner as he may direct, such weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument and the Inspector shall adjust it accordingly.

19. Every manufacturer, repairer or dealer in weights, measures, or weighing and measuring instruments, and every person using them in transactions of trade or commence shall maintain such record and accounts as may be specified by the Government and, if required so to do by the authorised person, shall produce such records and accounts before him.