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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-24102025-267107
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 694]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025/KARTIKA 2, 1947
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(Department of Consumer Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd October, 2025.
G.S.R. . 778(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by (j) and (q) 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 (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Legal Metrology (Packaged
Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.
2. In the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in
rule 2, to clause (h), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that for packages containing medical devices, the provisions of the Medical Devices Rules, 2017,
shall apply to make declarations;".
3. In the principal rules, in rule 7,-
(i) in sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:-
"Provided that for packages containing medical devices, the provisions of the Medical Devices Rules, 2017,
shall apply for the height of any numeral and letter to make declarations.";
(ii) to sub-rule (3), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end, namely:-
"Provided that for packages containing medical devices, the provisions of the Medical Devices Rules, 2017,
shall apply for the width of any numeral and letter to make declarations.".
4. In the principal rules, rule 33 shall be numbered as sub-rule (1) and after the rules as so number, the following
sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2) In case where the Medical Devices Rules, 2017 are applicable, the relaxation given under this rule shall
not apply.".
[F. No. I-19/33/2022-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)
vide number G.S.R. 202(E), dated the 7th March, 2011 and was last amended vide number G.S.R. 722(E),
dated 6th October, 2023.
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