The Department of Consumer Affairs on July 14, 2022, made the following rules further to amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Second Amendment) Rules, 2022.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, in rule 6,-
(a) in sub-rule (1),-
(i) in clause (a), before Explanation I, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after July 15, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, declare the name of the manufacturer or packer or importer, as the case may be, on the package itself and such declaration shall also inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the address and other related information, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself;’
(ii) in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after July 15 , 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the common or generic name of the commodity and where such package contains more than one product, then for the name and number or quantity of each product, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself”;
(iii) in clause (f), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that in the case of an electronic product which is manufactured or packed or imported after July 15, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, inform the consumers to scan the QR code for the size and dimension of the commodity, in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself”.
(b) in sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that in the case of electronic products, which are manufactured or packed or imported after July 15, 2022, the package of such product shall, for a period of one year from such date, declare the telephone number and e-mail address, on the package itself and such declaration shall also inform the consumers to scan the QR code for other related information in case such information is declared through the QR Code and not declared on the package itself.”.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 577(E)]
