Section 28: Sale of pre-packed goods.

(1)
A person shall not sell or have in his possession for sale any pre-packed article, whether or not contained in the Eighth Schedule to this Act, unless the wrapper or container bears thereon, or on a label securely attached thereto, a true statement in plain characters of the minimum net weight or measure of the article contained therein.
[Eighth Schedule.]
(2) A person shall not sell or have in his possession for sale any pre-packed goods of any of the kinds set forth in the Eighth Schedule to this Act unless the goods are made up for sale in the standard quantities specified in column 2 or 3 of that Schedule (according as the goods are packed in rigid containers of glass, plastic, metal or not).
(3) The indication of weight or measure required in this section to be marked on any pre-packed article for sale shall be conspicuously and legibly marked in the manner hereunder prescribed, that is to say-
(a) it shall be printed, stamped or written in plain block characters; and
(b) it shall be situated in a prominent position on the outside of the outermost wrapper or container or on a label securely attached thereto:
Provided that where the outermost wrapper or container is of a transparent nature, the whole indication of weight or measure may be marked on the next inner wrapper or container provided the said indication of weight or measure is as plainly and easily legible as if on the outer wrapper or container.
(4) An indication of weight or measure shall be-
(a) complete in itself, that is to say, the words or group of characters composing the marking shall be associated together so as to be read as a whole, and it shall not be modified by any words or figures as "about", "average", "not more than" or any such similar word or expression; and
(b)
marked on a plain background and in distinct contrast thereto, that is to say, the characters shall be dark on a light background or vice versa.
(5) A statement as to the weight or measure of pre-packed goods shall be deemed to be a statement as to the net weight or measure thereof unless otherwise specified.
(6) Denominations of weights or measures shall be either spelt in full or if abbreviated shall be expressed by one or other of the prescribed abbreviations.
(7) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(8) The Minister may by order from time to time amend, vary, add to or replace the Eighth Schedule. Any order made under this section shall be subject to the approval of the President.
(9) Before making any order under this section, the Minister shall consult with and consider any representations with respect to the subject-matter of the order made to him by such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interest substantially affected by the order.