Legal Metrology Registration
Legal metrology registration for packers, importers and manufacturers of packaged goods, plus model approval and weights-and-measures licences.
- Estimate Cost
- ₹5,000 – ₹25,000
- Typical duration
- 30 days
Service overview
Legal Metrology regulates standards for weights and measures and imposes declaration and registration requirements on specified businesses.
Who needs it? / When is it needed?
Manufacturers, packers, importers, sellers and businesses using regulated weighing or measuring instruments.
What to expect from the WCP Professionals
The professional would identify the relevant product and activity, check the applicable central/state requirement, review labels and instruments and prepare the required registration or licence application.
How the work would proceed:
- The professional would confirm whether the client is a manufacturer, packer, importer, seller or user of a regulated measuring instrument, and identify the product and States involved
- They would review labels, declarations and instrument specifications against the requirements that apply to that activity, then prepare the relevant registration, licence or approval papers
- If the authority raises a query, the professional can organise the response using product and business records supplied by the client
Key deliverables
Registration application, compliance checklist, label review, licence application and response to regulatory queries.
Standard turnaround time
- Document review: 3–7 working days
- Application preparation: 3–10 working days
- Authority processing: typically 2–6 weeks, depending on the State Controller or the Director of Legal Metrology
Government fees, timelines & key outcomes
Fees are prescribed under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and the State Legal Metrology rules, and differ by the registration, licence, model approval or verification sought.
Key outcomes: registration as a packer, manufacturer or importer of packaged commodities, a licence to manufacture, repair or deal in weights and measures, or model approval — and closure of any compliance gap.
Forms & filings involved
- Registration of manufacturer, packer or importer of packaged commodities under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011
- Registration of importers of weights and measures
- Model approval for weighing and measuring instruments
- Licence to manufacture, repair or deal in weights and measures
- Verification and stamping of instruments
Documents required
- Business registration documents, PAN and GST details
- Product list with net quantities and packaging artwork showing the mandatory declarations
- Instrument specifications, where instruments are involved
- Premises details, invoices and import documents, as applicable
What we need from you
- Samples or artwork of product packaging, or details of the instrument
- States in which the goods will be packed, imported or sold
- Timely confirmation of the declarations to be printed on packs
Important conditions
Packaged goods must carry the mandatory declarations — name and address, net quantity, MRP, month and year of manufacture, and consumer-care details — in the prescribed manner.
Selling packaged commodities without registration or proper declarations attracts penalties under the Legal Metrology Act.
Additional information
The Act contains separate provisions for pre-packaged commodities, importers of weights and measures, model approval and verification.
The estimated cost covers indicative professional fees only. Government fees, stamp duty and taxes are payable at actuals.
How it works
- 1. Raise a service enquiry describing your requirement.
- 2. A Relationship Manager reviews it and opens it for bidding.
- 3. Pay into escrow and assign the professional you select.
- 4. Track progress to completion, then accept and release payment.
Frequently asked questions
Who needs legal metrology registration?
Manufacturers, packers and importers of pre-packaged commodities, and importers of weights and measures, under the Legal Metrology Act and Packaged Commodities Rules.
What must a package label declare?
Name and address of the manufacturer or packer, net quantity, MRP, month and year of manufacture or import, and consumer-care details.
What is model approval?
Approval of the design of a weighing or measuring instrument before it is manufactured or imported for sale.
What happens if declarations are missing?
Penalties under the Legal Metrology Act, and products can be seized until they are relabelled.