State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1959

14- (1) The State Government may appoint a Controller of weights and Measures for the State and as many Deputy Controllers and Assistant Controllers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures, as may be necessary for exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under Act or the rules made thereunder. (2) The State Government may, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller and Inspector shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, all Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures shall perform their functions under the general superintendence and control of the Controller; and the Controller, the Deputy Controller and the Assistant Controllers of Weights and Measures may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act, exercise any power or discharge any duty so conferred or imposed on Inspectors.