15. Section 44b of the principal enactment (inserted by Act No. 7 of 1971) is hereby repealed and the following new section is substituted therefor:-
| 44B. Any person who, in any place or area in which an Order under section 29 is in. force, by any means whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, makes any false, incorrect or untrue declaration or statement as to the number, quantity, measure, gauge or weight of any goods or things in connection with their purchase, sale, weighing or measurement, or in the computation of any charges for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure, or who sells, or causes to be sold, or delivers or causes to be delivered to a purchaser anything by weight or measure short of the quantity demanded of or represented by the seller, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.". |
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