14. The functions of the Bureau shall be-
| (a) to formulate on broad national lines the policy which, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall be adopted by it with a view to achieving the objects for which the Bureau is established, |
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| (b) to advise the Minister in regard to any matter within his purview under this Act, |
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| (c) to establish laboratories and other facilities for carrying out the objects for which the Bureau is established, |
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| (d) to prepare standards, specifications, and codes of practice, |
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| (e) to provide facilities for testing of all products and materials, including food and drugs, |
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| (f) to determine minimum standards for local industrial products by inspection and testing of all such products, |
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| (g) to licence and register standard marks and inspect factories so as to enforce conformity to the standards declared by the Minister, and |
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| (h) to house the primary standards for weights and measures and to calibrate secondary standards for use by the Weights and Measures Division of the Department of Commerce. |
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