Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022

[14th July 2022]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clauses (j) and (q) of sub-section (2), of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, namely:-

Rule - 1.

(1)     These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022.

(2)     They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Rule - 2.

In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, in rule 6,-

(a)      in sub-rule (1),-

(i)           in clause (a), before Explanation I, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after the 15th July, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, declare the name of the manufacturer or packer or importer, as the case may be, on the package itself and such declaration shall also inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the address and other related information, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself;

(ii)         in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted , namely:-

"Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after the 15th July, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the common or generic name of the commodity and where such package contains more than one product, then for the name and number or quantity of each product, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself";

(iii)       in clause (f), the following proviso shall be inserted , namely:-

"Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after the 15th July, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the size and dimension of the commodity, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself";

(b)      in sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided that in the case of electronic product, which are manufactured or packed or imported after the 15th July, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, declare the telephone number and e-mail address, on the package itself and such declaration shall also inform the consumers to scan the QR code for other related information in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself.".