Section 6: Scales and weights.⸻(1) No scales or weights shall be used in any cotton ginning or — Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925

Partly in force — federal text; provincial/ICT scope varies (see notes) — Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). Whether this provision is still in force has not been independently verified.

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6. Scales and weights.⸻(1) No scales or weights shall be used in any cotton ginning or cotton pressing factory other than the scales or weights, if any, prescribed by the 1[Federal Government] as standard for the district in which the factory is situated. (2) If in any factory and scale or weight is used in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), the owner of the factory shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or, if he has been previously convicted of any offence under this sub-section, to five hundred rupees.

Effective date: 1925-01-01

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