Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts Order, 2020
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About this law
- Kind
- Order
- Number
- S.O. 205(E), Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II s.3(ii) No. 195 of 15 Jan 2020, F. No. 6/1/2017-BIS (Pt.)
- Issued by
- Central Government (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs), under ss.14(3), 15(2)-(3), 16(1)-(2), 17 and 25(3) of the BIS Act, 2016
- Country
- India
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1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Order may be called the Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold ``` Artefacts Order, 2020. (2) It shall come into force with effect from the 15th day of January, 2021. ```text
2. Compulsory selling of precious metals articles of gold marked with Hallmark through certified sales ``` outlets.—(1) Precious metal articles of gold notified to be marked with hallmark in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Consumer Affairs number S.O. 2421(E), dated the 14th June 2018, shall be sold only by registered jewellers through certified sales outlets, after fulfilling the terms and conditions of certificate of registration as specified in regulation 5 of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Hallmarking) Regulations, 2018. (2) Precious metal articles specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard given in the column (3) of said Table and shall bear hallmark under a certificate of registration from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (Hallmarking) Regulations, 2018. (3) Nothing in this order shall apply to precious metal articles, specified in column (2) of the Table, in the following cases, namely:- ```text (a) any article meant for export, which conforms to any specification required by the foreign buyer; (b) an article with weight less than two grams; (c) an article which is in course of consignment from outside India to an assaying and hallmarking centre in India recognised as per the Bureau of Indian Standards (Hallmarking) Regulations, 2018, for hallmarking; (d) any article which is intended to be used for medical, dental, veterinary, scientific or industrial purposes; (e) any article of gold thread; (f) any manufactured article which is not substantially complete, and which is intended for further manufacture; ``` <!-- page break --> ```text 4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] (g) gold bullion in any shape of bar, plate, sheet, foil, rod, wire, strip, tube or coin. ```
3. Certification and enforcing authority.—In respect of the goods and articles specified in column (2) of the Table, the Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the certifying and enforcing authority and an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary of the Department having administrative control over consumer affairs in the Government of the State or Union Territory shall also be the enforcing authority.
4. Penalty for contravention.—Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Order shall be punishable under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016. TABLE ```text Serial Goods and articles Indian Standard Title of Indian Standard number (1) (2) (3) (4)
1. Gold jewellery and gold IS 1417:2016* Gold and gold alloys, jewellery and artefacts. artefacts — Fineness and Marking — *as amended by Specification. Bureau from time to time. [F. No. 6/1/2017-BIS (Pt.)] AWADHESH KUMAR CHOUDHARY, Economic Advisor Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMADigitally signed by MANOJ KUMAR VERMA Date: 2020.01.15 17:49:48 +05'30' ``` <!-- page break -->