1987 Ed.]
Weights and Measures
Section
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CHAPTER 68
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Short title and commencement
PART I
PRELIMINARY
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2. Interpretation
3. Application
4. Appointment of authorized officers
5. Power of Governor to give directions
PART II
UNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT
6. Units of measurement
7. Declaration of equivalent units of measurements
8. Reference standards of weights and measures
9. Damaging or destroying reference standards
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PART III
WEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TRADE
10. Meaning of "use for trade"
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11. Units of measurement lawful for use for trade
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12. Fraud in using for trade weighing or measuring equipment
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13. Possession of unauthorized or false weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade
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14. Prohibition against manufacture or supply for use for trade of weighing or measuring equipment
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15. Non-application of certain provisions
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PART IV
REGULATION OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
16. Goods to be supplied by net weight or measure
17. Weighing or measuring of goods sold
18. False statements as to quantity of goods supplied
19. Short weight or measure, etc.
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21. Reliance on warranty as defence to charge under section 19
False warranty as to quantity of goods sold
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