Fonds LK-NA/120 - Department of Price Control

The Price Control Department was established in 1971 by the amalgamation of the Price Control (Food) Division of the Food Department, the Price Control (miscellaneous Articles) Division and the Weights and Measures Division of the Commerce Department. The new Department was responsible for the administration of the price control Act (cap.173), the weights and Measures ordinance (cap.158) and the Licensing of Traders Act No.62 of 1961. The main activities of the Department were as follows:
The Regulation and control of prices of essential consumer commodities. The Requisitioning of articles in order to secure their sufficiency or their equitable distribution or their availability at a fair price and the payment of compensation in respect of articles so requisitioned. Maintenance of the Standard of Measures of Sri Lanka and the Calibration of derivative Standards for other Institutions in the Country. Annual checking to maintain Standards and Steaming of weights and measures and weighing Instruments used in the country and Collecting the prescribed stamping fees. Acting as Law Enforcement Agency in respect of the price control Act., the Weights and Measures Ordinance and the Licensing of Traders Act. Studying the pricing and Distribution of Articles, Servicing the National Metric Conversion Authority to implement the Metrication Programme of the country.