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Damaging or destroying
reference
standards.
Meaning of
"use for trade".
Units of measurement lawful for use for trade.
Second Schedule.
Third Schedule.
Weights and Measures
[1987 Ed.
(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 Government laboratory.
9. Any person who falsifies, or wilfully or maliciously damages or destroys, any reference standard commits an offence.
PART III
WEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TRADE
10. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the expression "use for trade", in relation to any weighing or measuring equipment, means its use in connection 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;
(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 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.