Section 10 in The Standards of Weights and Measures (National Standards) Rules, 1988
10. Units which should be progressively discontinued
(1)Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2), the CGS (i.e., centrimetre, gram, second) units specified in Schedule VII, and the units of weights and measures specified in Schedule VIII (being units outside the SI), shall not ordinarily be used except for the purpose of scientific and technological research and no such unit shall ordinarily be used for the purpose of teaching.(2)The use of the units specified in Schedule VII or, as the case may be, Schedule VIII, shall be progressively discontinued so that no such unit is used in any field (except in the field of scientific and technological research) after the expiry of a period of ten years from the commencement of these rules.(3)While using, for the purpose of scientific and technological research the units specified in Schedule VII, or, as the case may be, the Schedule VIII, such units shall be used only with the corresponding symbols specified in the said Schedules.
