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A390

Ord. No. 54/87

Power of

Commissioner

to amend Schedules.

Repeal. (Cap. 51.)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

(1) requiring that prescribed pre-packed goods be supplied in the course of trade in containers marked with information, in the manner prescribed, regarding the quantity of the goods and the name and address of the packer;

(m) the manner in which information regarding the quantity of the goods, or information regarding the packer, is to be marked on a container of pre-packed goods;

(n) the amount of variation in the net weight of pre-packed goods

which may be tolerated;

(o) the particulars to be specified in an invoice or delivery note relating

to goods supplied by quantity;

(p) requiring that prescribed goods or prescribed class of goods be supplied in the course of trade with the price marked by reference to their price unit or units of measurement;

(q) requiring goods imported to comply with this Ordinance and any

such regulations;

(r) permitting the supply in the course of trade of any prescribed

goods by average quantity;

(s)

(t)

the methods of statistical sampling and tolerances for any class of goods whether or not supplied in the course of trade by average quantity;

the sizes, dimensions, capacity, fill and other specifications of containers in which any prescribed goods shall be packed;

(u) the inspection, examination, analysis and testing of any goods or

samples thereof and the manner in which samples may be taken;

(v) anything required or permitted to be prescribed under this Ordi-

nance.

(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may make different provisions for-

(a) different classes or descriptions of goods;

(b) different quantities, grades or qualities of goods;

(c) different kinds of transactions.

(3) Regulations made under subsection (1) shall not come into operation before the expiration of 3 months after the publication of the regulations in the Gazette.

(4) Any regulation made under subsection (1) may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence, and may provide a penalty for such offence not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

(5) In subsection (1), “prescribed" means prescribed in the regulations made thereunder.

38. The Commissioner of Customs and Excise may by order published in the Gazette amend any Schedule.

39. The Weights and Measures Ordinance is repealed.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

FIRST SCHEDULE

DEFINITIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

(a) Metric Units

1 kilometre

1 metre

1 decimetre

PART I

Measurement of Length

1 000 metres

Ord. No. 54/87

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[s. 6(2).]

the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of

= 0.1 metre

1 centimetre

=

0.01 metre

1 millimetre

(b) Imperial Units

1 mile

1 furlong

1 chain

1 yard

1 foot

1 inch

(c) Chinese Units

1 chek

1 tsun

1 fan

(a) Metric Units

1 hectare

1 are

= 0.001 metre

-

1 760 yards

=

220 yards

= 22 yards

-

0.914 4 metre exactly

=

yard

yard 36

= 0.371 475 metre

=

0.1 chek

-

= 0.1 tsun

=

1 square metre

=

PART II

Measurement of Area

100 ares

P

100 square metres

I

299 792 458

of a second

1 square decimetre

1 square centimetre

1 square millimetre

=

-

an area equal to that of a square each side of which

measures one metre

0.01 square metre

0.01 square decimetre

= 0.01 square centimetre