A378
Ord. No. 54/87
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Ord. No. 54/87
A379
Appointment of authorized officers.
Power of Governor to give directions.
Units of measurement.
First Schedule.
Second Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Declaration of equivalent
units of
measurements.
Reference standards of weights and
measures.
(a) water, other than in a container; or
(b) the quantity of any goods, other than by mass or weight, length,
width, height, area, volume, capacity or number.
4.
The Commissioner of Customs and Excise may authorize any public officer to exercise or perform any function conferred or imposed on the Commissioner or an authorized officer under any provision of this Ordinance except sections 3, 7, 8 and 38.
5. (1) The Governor may give such directions as he thinks fit, either generally or in any particular case, with respect to the exercise or perfor- mance by the Commissioner or any authorized officer of any function under this Ordinance.
(2) The Commissioner and every authorized officer shall, in the exercise or performance of any function under this Ordinance, comply with any directions given by the Governor under subsection (1).
PART II
UNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT
6. (1) The metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and the kilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass or weight by reference to which any measurement involving a measurement of length, or mass or weight, as the case may be, shall be made in Hong Kong.
(2) The First Schedule shall have effect for defining, for the purposes of measurements to be made in Hong Kong, the units of measurement specified in that Schedule; and for the purposes of any measurement of weight to be so made, the weight of any thing may be expressed, by reference to the units of measurement set out in Part V of that Schedule, in the same terms as its mass.
(3) The units of measurement and the permitted symbols or abbrevia- tions of the units of measurement specified in the Second Schedule shall be lawful for use for trade in Hong Kong.
(4) The weights and measures specified in the Third Schedule shall be lawful for use for trade in Hong Kong.
7. The Commissioner of Customs and Excise may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, determine and declare by order in the Gazette the equivalent of any unit of measurement expressed in any other unit of the same quantity, and any equivalent so declared shall be deemed to be the equivalent of the unit of measurement in question.
8. (1) The Commissioner of Customs and Excise may procure and cause to be maintained reference standards of weights and measures, which shall be the reference standards for the purposes of this Ordinance, from which the accuracy of all other standards of measurement used in Hong Kong is derived; and the value of each reference standard, while it remains in use, shall be determined at such intervals as the Commissioner of Customs and Excise considers appropriate.
(2) The reference standards shall consist of such of the weights and measures specified in the Third Schedule as the Commissioner of Customs Third Schedule. and Excise considers proper and sufficient, and a reference standard of any linear, volume or capacity measure may—
(a) be provided either as a separate standard or by means of divisions
marked on a standard of larger measure; and
(b) either be marked in whole or in part with subdivisions representing any smaller unit of measurement or multiples, submultiples or fractions of such a unit or have no such markings.
(3) The reference standards shall be in the custody of the Director of Industry or the Government Chemist who shall lodge them at a Govern- ment laboratory.
9. Any person who falsifies, or wilfully or maliciously damages or Damaging or destroys, any reference standard commits an offence.
destroying
reference standards.
PART III
WEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TRADE
10. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the expression "use for trade", Meaning of
in relation to any weighing or measuring equipment, means its use in "use for trade”. connexion with a transaction for--
(a) determining the weight or measure of goods supplied by weight or
measure;
(b) computing the payment of any toll or duty on the basis of weight
or measure; or
(c) determining the weight or measure of any goods when a charge is
made for such determination.
11. (1) No person shall—
(a) use for trade-
(i) any unit of measurement; or
(ii) with intent to deceive, any symbol or abbreviation of a unit of measurement,
which is not specified in the Second Schedule;
Units of measurement lawful for use for trade.
Second Schedule.
(b) use for trade, or have in his possession for use for trade, any linear measure, square measure, cubic measure, capacity measure or mass or weight measure which is not specified in the Third Third Schedule. Schedule.
(2) No person shall use for trade the metric carat unit of measurement except for the purposes of transactions in precious stones or pearls.
(3) No person shall use for trade the troy unit of measurement except for the purposes of transactions in, or in articles made from, gold, silver or other precious metals, including transactions in gold or silver thread, lace or fringe.
(4) Subject to section 15, any person who contravenes any provision of this section commits an offence.