Section 47 in The Bombay Weights and Measures Act, 1932
47. Repeal and amendments.
- On the coming into force of this Part in any area-(a)the enactment specified in Part I of Second Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended to the extent and in the manner specified in the third column thereof;(b)the enactments specified in Part II of the said schedule shall be deemed to have been repealed, so far as they apply to the presidency of Bombay, to the extent specified in the third column thereof:Provided that-(i)the said repeal shall not affect the validity or invalidity or anything already done under the enactments repealed by this Act;(ii)all appointments made, notifications and notices issued, rules, byelaws and orders made, contracts entered into and suits and other proceedings instituted under any Act or enactment repealed by this Act shall, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations, continued in force and be deemed to have been made, issued, entered into and instituted under this Act.The First Schedule(See section 4)Standard Weights and MeasuresWeights-The Bombay Tola of 180 grains.The Bombay Seer of 80 tolas.The Bombay Maund of 40 seers.The sub-multiples ½, ¼, ⅛, 1/16 and 1/32 and the multiples 2, 4 and 8 of the tola, seer and maund.The pound avoirdupois equal to 7,000 grains and sub-multiples ⅛, ¼, ½, 1, 2, 4 and 8 ounces, the multiples 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28 lbs. (a quarter), 56 lbs., 112 lbs. (1 cwt.) and 2,240 lbs. (1 ton).The grain is that unit of weight in vacuo which when multiplied by 1799 84585 is the weight of the iridio-platmum cylinder in the custody of the Mint Master, Bombay, the value of which is certified by the Standard Department of the British Board of Trade as 1799 84585 grains in vecuo.Explanation 1. - The equivalent value of the abovementioned iridio-platinum cylinder when weighed in Standard Indian Air against Brass Weights having a specific gravity of 8-143 is 1800 00394 grains, i.e., a brass weight whose value in vacuo is 1800 00394 grains will exactly equilibrate the abovementioned iridio-platinum cylinder in Standard India Air.Explanation 2. - Since the Bombay tola equals 180 grams in vacuo, its absolute value is equivalent to 10000856 of the absolute value of the abovementioned iridio-platinum cylinder. But in practice, all verifications against the abovementioned iridio-platinum cylinder are carried out by weighments in air, and therefore the value 1800 00394 grains is always used for verifying weights.Explanation 3. - Standard Indian Air is defined as follows:-Temperature: 85 deg. Fahr.-29.44 deg. Cent. Pressure: A column of mercury at 0 deg. C, 29.8 inches or 756.919 mm. in height. Carbon diox. gas: 0.0006 of the volumes of air. Vapour tension: 0-75 inches =19-05 mm. Latitude at Calcutta 22° 35' 6-6". Height above M. S. L. = 22.6 feet. 1 litre of Standard Indian Air at Calcutta weights 1-14917 grm.Dry measures-The Bombay seer.The sub-multiples ½, ¼, and ⅛, seer.The Bombay Chatak=l/16 seer.The Adpao=½ seerThe Adholi=2 seers.The Bombay payali of 4 seers.The Bombay Maund of 16 payalis.The Bombay Map of 2 maunds.Liquid measure-The Bombay seer.The sub-multiples ½, ¼, ⅛ and 1/16 seer.The multiples 2, 4, and 8 seers.The Imperial gallon.The Pint=⅛ gallon.Dry and Liquid measures- Explanations-Explanation 1. - The unit of capacity called the Bombay seer is equivalent to the volume occupied by 80 tolas of air-free distilled water weighed in Standard Indian Air against brass weights having a specific gravity of 8.143.Explanation 2. - The unit of capacity called the Imperial gallon contains ten British Standard pounds of water at 60° F. being in volume 277.274 cub. in., which contains each 252.724 grains of water in a vacuum at 62° or 252.458 grains of water weighed with the brass weights in air of 62° with the barometer at 30 in.Length-The Yard-The Inch =l/36th yard, andThe Foot=l/3rd yard.The Furlong of 220 yards.The Mile of 1,760 yards.The yard is that unit of length which is exactly equal to the certified yard kept in the custody of the Mint Master, Bombay.Area and volume-The Square Yard, Square Foot and Square Inch.The Cubic Yard, Cubic Foot and Cubic Inch and sub-multiples of a Cubic-Inch. The anna of 1/16 of the guntha.The Guntha of 121 square yards and the acre of 4,840 square yards for land measurement.The Square of 100 square feetThe Brass of 100 cubic feet.The Second Schedule(See section 47)
