Being in possession of false weight or measure
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Summary
Possessing any weighing instrument, weight, or measure of length or capacity that you know is false, with the intention that it will be used to commit fraud, is an offence. It applies when the possessor both knows the item is false and intends its fraudulent use. The penalty may be imprisonment for up to one year, or a fine, or both.
Example
Ravi runs a neighbourhood grocery and keeps a tampered weight he knows gives less quantity so customers are short‑changed. Because he possesses it intending that it be used to cheat customers, he can be punished with up to one year imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever is in possession of any instrument for weighing, or of any weight, or of any measure of length or capacity, which he knows to be false, intending that the same may be fraudulently used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
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