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Ord. No. 54/87
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
HONG KONG
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
(a) the Commissioner of Customs and Excise;
Ord. No. 54/87
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Short title and
commence- ment.
Interpretation.
Second Schedule.
L.S.
No. 54 of 1987
I assent.
David WILSON,
Governor.
9 July 1987
An Ordinance to make provision with respect to units and standards of
measurement and weighing or measuring equipment used for trade, to regulate trade transactions regarding goods supplied by weight or measure including pre-packed goods, and to provide for the administration of this Ordinance, offences and the forfeiture of weighing or measuring equipment and goods in the case of certain contraventions; and for connected purposes. [
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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Weights and Measures Ordinance 1987.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and the Governor may appoint different days for different provisions.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
"authorized officer" means any public officer authorized by the
Commissioner of Customs and Excise under section 4;
"authorized unit" means a unit of measurement specified in the Second
Schedule;
“Commissioner” means any of the following—
(b) any Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Excise; (c) any Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise; "container" means any form of packaging of goods for supply as a single
item, and includes a wrapper or confining band;
"inspection", in relation to weighing or measuring equipment, includes the examination, testing, comparison and adjustment of it under this Ordinance by an authorized officer;
"occupier", in relation to any stall, vehicle or vessel or in relation to the use of any building or place for any purpose, means the person for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle or vessel or, as the case may be, the person for the time being using that building or place for that purpose; "premises" means any building, place, stall, vehicle or vessel; "pre-packed" means made up for supply by way of retail trade in a
container, and "pre-pack" shall be construed accordingly;
"quantity" includes mass or weight, length, width, height, area, volume,
capacity and number;
"reference standards" means the reference standards of weights and
measures maintained under section 8;
"to supply" includes--
(a) to sell, or to agree to sell;
(b) to offer, advertise, have in possession, expose, transmit, convey,
deliver, make, prepare or pre-pack for sale;
(c) to hire or to exchange, or dispose of for any consideration
whatsoever; or
(d) to transmit, convey or deliver in pursuance of a sale, hiring, any
exchange, or disposal for any consideration whatsoever;
"unit of measurement" means a unit of measurement of length, height,
width, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight;
"use for trade", in relation to any weighing or measuring equipment, has the
meaning assigned to it by section 10;
"vehicle" means any conveyance used on land whether self-propelled or not; "weighing or measuring equipment" means any equipment for measuring in terms of quantity, whether or not the equipment is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement.
3. (1) This Ordinance shall apply without prejudice to the Metrica- Application. tion Ordinance and to any orders made under that Ordinance.
(2) Unless the Commissioner of Customs and Excise by order in the Gazette so provides, this Ordinance shall not apply to the supply or measurement of-
(Cap. 214.)