A domestic LPG cylinder is delivered to a consumer but its NET CONTENT is significantly less than the declared weight, and the delivery scale is found non-standard. Under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, this:

The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 requires that transactions be based on ACCURATE and STANDARD weights and measures, and that the NET QUANTITY of a packaged commodity correspond to its declared content. Delivering a pre-packed product (such as a cylinder) materially short of its declared net weight amounts to selling by inaccurate quantity, an offence; likewise, the use of non-standard weighing equipment is penalised. This is directly relevant to a PSU like IndianOil retailing LPG cylinders, where under-filling shortchanges consumers. The Act's standardisation machinery thus protects consumers' quantity entitlements. Non-compliance attracts the Act's penalties.