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Bullion World | Issue 03 | July 2021

Who needs Registration from hallmarking has to be done only 5. How to access the
BIS? once in the entire chain and it has Hallmarking Portal for

i) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, to be done by the one who has Registration of jewellers?
distributor or retailer engaged in made the first sale which may be A)
selling precious metal articles has to Manufacturer or Wholesaler or i) The jeweller first needs to visit e-BIS
mandatorily get registered with BIS. Distributor or Retailer. website i.e. www.manakonline.in and
select the ‘Hallmarking’ tile.
ii) The registration is thus required for: What are the exemptions ii) Click on Login.
a) Manufacturer, involved in selling under the QCO for mandatory iii) Click on ‘Create Account’.
hallmarked gold jewellery to hallmarking? iv) Fill the Registration form by entering
wholesaler, distributor, retailer The exemptions under mandatory the requisite details
or to the end customer hallmarking order are as follows:- v) User ID is generated and sent to the
b) Wholesaler, involved in selling jeweller to his/her registered contact
(a) any article meant for export, which
hallmarked gold jewellery to number.
conforms to any specification
distributor, retailer or to the end vi) Login using the credentials received
required by the foreign buyer;
customer via message to the registered
(b) an article with weight less than two
c) Distributor, involved in selling contact number and fill the Online
grams;
hallmarked gold jewellery to Application Form.
(c) an article which is in course of
wholesaler, retailer or to the end vii) Submit the form and the registration
consignment from outside India
customer is granted instantly.
to an assaying and hallmarking
d) Retailer, involved in selling
hallmarked gold jewellery to the centre in India recognised as per How does the new Assaying
end customer the Bureau of Indian Standards & Hallmarking system helps
(Hallmarking) Regulations, 2018, for to prevent fake or fraudulent
iii. It is also informed that artisans hallmarking; Hallmarking?
or manufacturers who are (d) any article which is intended to be The new Assaying & Hallmarking
manufacturing the gold jewellery used for medical, dental, veterinary, system helps to prevent fake or
on job work basis for the Jewellers scientific or industrial purposes fraudulent Hallmarking in the
and are not directly related to sale (e) any article of gold thread; following ways:
to any of the persons in the chain (f) any manufactured article which i) A provision is made in the portal
such as Manufacturer, Wholesaler, is not substantially complete, to record the date and time during
Distributor and Retailer, may which the activities of Assaying and
and which is intended for further
be exempted from registration. Hallmarking have been carried out.
manufacture;
However, they must have supporting This will help in real time monitoring
(g) gold bullion in any shape of bar,
documents in claim to their status. of the activities at Assaying and
plate, sheet, foil, rod, wire, strip,
Hallmarking Centres. The time
tube or coin.
iv. Jewellers with annual turnover up stamp of each activity at AHC can
(h) Export and re-import of jewellery as
to Rs 40 lakh do not fall within the be used to calculate the total time
per Trade policy of Government of
purview of mandatory hallmarking. taken for the completion of the entire
India.
They may however get registration process, starting with receipt of
if they wish to sell hallmarked (i) Jewellery for International jewellery in the portal to dispatch of
jewellery. Exhibitions. the hallmarked jewellery. This will
(j) Jewellery for domestic Business-to provide a clear picture of whether
3. Who needs to get the -Business exhibitions, approved by the Assaying process was genuinely
jewellery Hallmarked? Government. agency carried out before laser marking or
A) In the chain of Manufacturer, (k) Special categories of jewellery not.
Wholesaler, Distributor and Retailer, -Kundan, Polki and Jadaau.
the responsibility to get the article (l) Jewellers with the annual turnover of ii) The digital solution is also equipped
Hallmarked is on the one who upto Rs.40 lakh per annum with a provision to verify the
makes the first point of sale. Thus (m) Gold watch and fountain pen. authenticity of the hallmarked

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