Global Tax Guru: Not declaring Retail Price and Net Quantity in same font in Advertisement is violation of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011

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Monday, September 17, 2018

Not declaring Retail Price and Net Quantity in same font in Advertisement is violation of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011

Declaration of Retail Price and Net Quantity is to be in same font in the advertisement.

This is as per Rule 32(1) & (2) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 as reproduced below:
”(1) Any advertisement mentioning the retail sale price of the pre-packaged commodity shall contain a declaration as to the net quantity or number of the commodity contained in the package.
(2) The font size of the net quantity in the advertisement shall be same as that of the retail sale price”.

Global Tax Guru

I did my graduation from IIT Delhi ,Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain and Logistics from LIBA Chennai and LLB from CCSU,Meerut.Worked five years in the BHEL then fifteen years in the Customs department.Currently practicing as Indirect Tax Consultant.