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Weights and Measures

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(3) Where in or on any premises goods of any description are made up in advance ready for supply by way of retail trade in a container of any kind, or are kept or stored for supply after being so made up, any goods of that description found in or on those premises made up in a container of the same kind shall be presumed to be pre-packed unless the contrary is proved; and it shall not be sufficient proof of the contrary to show that the container has not been marked in accordance with the requirements of section 16(2).

37. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for-

(a) the principles, design, specification, markings, materials and methods of construction of weighing or measuring equipment used for trade;

(b) the purpose for which any particular types or classes of weighing or measuring equipment may be used for trade;

(c) the amount of error which may be tolerated in weighing or measuring equipment;

(d) the manner of siting, erecting or using weighing or measuring equipment used for trade;

(e) the exemption of any class or classes of weighing or measuring equipment from this Ordinance or any such regulations;

(f) the exemption of any goods or class of goods from this Ordinance or any such regulations;

(g) the supply in the course of trade of certain prescribed goods otherwise than by net weight or measure or by capacity;

(h) the marking on containers, with effect from a prescribed date, in metric units of measurement (in addition to other authorized units) of the quantity of prescribed goods supplied in containers;

(i) the sale of prescribed goods in terms of weight, measure or count;

(j) the method of marking weight or measure on pre-packed goods;

(k) requiring that prescribed goods be supplied in the course of trade in the quantities and in the manner prescribed;

(l) 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;

Regulations.