Section 41 in The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Rules, 1991
41. Weighing of agricultural produce.
(1)The market committee' shall install such number of weighing machines as may be required in the market or in the notified area with suitable arrangements for their use in proper working order. Any producer may have his agricultural produce weighed in the market and he shall be given free certificate of weighment duly signed by the Head of market.(2)All weighments of agricultural produce intended for purchase or sale in the notified area shall be made by the person who is licensed to act as a weigh-man. He should wear the badge containing serial number allotted to him by the market committee.(3)For the purpose of weighing the notified agricultural produce within the notified market area, the dial scale or platform scale or beam scale or electronic scale shall alone be used. In every such weighments, the weight in metric system shall be used.(4)The Head of market shall ensure that correct weighment of agricultural produce is done in the market.(5)All weighment of agricultural produce in the market shall be made by the licensed weighman under the direct supervision of the paid servant of market committee who is authorised in this behalf and all weighment slip issued shall be counter-signed by such person.(6)Proper supervision shall be exercised by such paid servant of the market committee to avoid unnecessary slippage of agricultural produce or wantonly leaving a part of agricultural produce or any action which leads loss to producer/ trader.(7)No charge higher than that fixed by the market committee in respect of his services shall be demanded and received by any weighman. No weighman shall demand or receive any fee payable to market committee.(8)The licensed weighman should abide by the instructions of Head of market in the method or manner of weighing of the agricultural produce and the use of weighing machines and such other instructions for smooth running of the business transaction in the market.
