State Act
Section 22. Penalty for sale or delivery by weight or measure other than standard weight or measure
THE UTTAR PRADESH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (ENFORCEMENT) ACT, 1959
22- Whoever, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this section, sells or causes to be sold or delivers or causes to be delivered in the course of any transaction for trade or commerce any article by any denomination of weight or measure other than one of the standard weights or measures, [or keeps any unit of mass or measure other than a standard weight or measure in any premises where such transactions are usually carried on,]2 shall be publishable, for a first offence, with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees, and for a second or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a period which may extend to two months, or with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees or with both.