Section 11 in The Punjab Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Rules, 1993
11. Use of weights only or measures only or number only in certain cases.
- Except in the cases of commodities specified in Schedule V, the declaration of quantity in every transaction, dealing or contract, or for industrial production or for protection, shall be in terms of the unit of -(a)weight, if the commodity is solid, semi-solid, viscous or a mixture of solid and liquid ;(b)Length, if the commodity is sold by linear measures;(c)area, if the commodity is sold by area measures;(d)volume, if the commodity is liquid or is sold by cubic measures; or(e)number, if the commodity is sold by number. [Sections 10 and 72(2)(a)]
