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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-11082025-265336
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 493]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025/SHRAVANA 16, 1947
5277 GI/2025
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th August, 2025
G.S.R. 536(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clauses (c), (f), (h), (i) and
(s) of sub-section (2) of section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act 2009, (1 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes
the following rules further to amend the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules shall be called the Legal Metrology (General) Fifth Amendment
Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, in the EIGHTH SCHEDULE, in PART VI, in PART C, -
(i) for paragraph 3, the following shall be substituted, namely: -
"(1) A complete thermometer consists of a temperature probe connected to any indicating unit.
(2) The instrument shall be of one of the following types:-
(i) an interchangeable temperature probe connected to an indicating unit that is compatible with the
characteristic response of the probe; or
(ii) a temperature probe and an indicating unit permanently connected.";
(ii) in paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (1), in clause (i),-
(a) for the words, figures and letters "maintained at a temperature range of 36.9°C to 37.1°C", the words, figures and
letters "at 37°C± 1 °C" shall be substituted;
(b) in Note (2), for the figures and brackets "5(2)(7)”, the figures and brackets “5(2)(i)” shall be substituted.
[F. No. I-9/23/2024-W&M]
ANUPAM MISHRA, Jt. Secy.
Note:- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) dated
the 8th February, 2011 vide number G.S.R.71(E), dated the 7th February, 2011 and was last amended vide number G.S.R
525(E), dated the 4th August, 2025.
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