Standards of Weights and Measures Bill passed

Parliament Correspondent: The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Tuesday passed the Standards of Weights and Measures Bill, 2018 in an amended form with a view to make the local products competitive in local and foreign markets and also make it overall well accepted all over the world.

Industries Minister Amir Hossen Amu moved the bill in the House.

The bill was later unanimously passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

The proposed act will help establish an accurate and standard weights and measurement culture in the country, Amu said.

In the proposed act, there is rigorous imprisonment of not more than one year or monetary punishment of not more than one lac taka for taking resort to any kind of forgery in product measurement or both.

The proposed standards of weights and measures bill, 2018 will replace the Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1982 and also would review the Standards of Weights and Measures (amendment) act, 2001, according to the bill.

The proposed act will contain 73 sections and one restructured schedule while the earlier act contained only 65 sections and one schedule, it added.


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