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Weight and Measures Act, 1982
Chapter 340
- Published in Government Gazette on 31 December 1982
- Assented to on 2 October 1982
- Commenced on 15 May 1983
- [This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
- [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 1982 because the work was published during the course of the year 1982.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions (ss. 1-2)
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act.2. Interpretation
Part II – Standards (ss. 3-10)
3. Units of measurement
4. National Standards
5. Procurement of Secondary Standards
6. Custody of Secondary Standards
The Commissioner shall be responsible for the proper care, maintenance and custody of the Secondary Standards except that the conditions of their custody may be determined by the Minister.7. Periodic verification of Secondary Standards
Once in every two years, the Minister shall cause each of the Secondary Standards referred to in subsection (1) of section 5 to—8. Cancellation of Secondary Standards
The Minister may, on the advice of the Commissioner, cancel any Secondary Standard and direct that it be no longer used.9. Standards equipment
The Minister shall procure and cause to be maintained standard equipment which he may from time to time determine as being proper and necessary for the verification of standards of weights and measures.10. Working standards
Part III – Use of weights and measures in trade (ss. 11-12)
11. Weights and measures permitted to be used in trade
12. Sale by metric carat weight
Part IV – Distinctive marks (ss. 13)
13. Stamping of weights and measures with denomination
Part V – Administrative provisions (ss. 14-16)
14. Appointment of employees
15. Function of Commissioner
The Commissioner shall be the chief executive officer of weights and measures and shall—16. Duties of assizers
The duties of an assizer shall be—Part VI – Inspection of weights and measures (ss. 17-25)
17. Appointment of Weights and Measures Committee
18. Testing facilities for approval of patterns
19. Verification of weights and measures
20. Limits of error
Any weight or measure which is in accordance with the standard weight or measure which it represents or which has no greater error than the prescribed limit of error shall be deemed to be just and true unless it be shown to the satisfaction of the court that such weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument has been tempered with in such a way as to facilitate the commission of fraud.21. Stamping of verification mark, etc.
22. Request by assizer to examine test or retest weight, measure, etc.
23. Rejection of weight, measure, etc.
An assizer who on test finds a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument to be false, unjust or to be not in compliance with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act shall—24. Illegal stamping
No assizer shall stamp with the prescribed verification mark any weight or measure—25. Restriction on assizer buying, selling or adjusting weights, measures, etc.
No assizer shall, while he holds office, be employed in or derive any profit from the making, buying, selling or adjusting of weights, measures, weighing instrument or measuring instrument; except that an assizer may while carrying out the duties of his office adjust weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments and for any such adjustment charge the prescribed fee for his services.Part VII – Sale of goods by weights and measures (ss. 26-31)
26. Sale by net weight or measure only, etc.
27. Exceptions
Nothing in section 26 shall apply to—28. Assizer may weigh or measure pre-packed goods
Where any person has in his possession for sale or delivery any goods of a kind required by the provisions of this Act to be sold by weight or measure, or any goods in respect of which any representation of weight or measure is made, he shall—29. Presumption of nature of goods
30. Weighing, etc., operations to be in the presence of purchaser
31. Safeguards to traders
Part VIII – Offence and penalties (ss. 32-46)
32. Falsely representing a pattern to be an approved pattern
Any person who falsely represents, either directly or indirectly, that a pattern of weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument is a pattern approved to be suitable for use for trade, shall be guilty of an offence.33. Offences in connection with the office of assizer
34. Forgery of stamps on weights and measures
35. Use of unauthorised weights or measures in trade
36. Use of false or unjust instrument
Any person who uses or has in his possession for use in trade, or hires out, permits or condones the use for trade of any weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument which is false or unjust, shall be guilty of an offence, and any such instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.37. Making or selling unjust weights, measures etc.
Any person who wilfully or knowingly makes or sells or causes to be made or sold, any false or unjust weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument, shall be guilty of an offence.38. Sale of unstamped instrument
39. Fraud in use of weight, measure, etc.
Where fraud is knowingly committed in the use of a weight, weighing or measuring instrument, the person committing the fraud and every person who is a part to the fraud is guilty of an offence and in addition to any penalty the court imposes, the weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.40. Obstructing assizers, etc., in the performance of their duties
A person who—41. Prohibition of giving short weight, measure or number
Any person who—42. False declaration as to weight
43. Sales by unauthorised denominations
Any person who sells or exposes for sale by any denomination of weight or measure denominations other than the denominations of weight or measure authorised by section 3 shall be guilty of an offence.44. Attempts and aiding or abetting
Any person who attempts to commit or who aids or abets an offence against this Act shall himself be guilty of the same offence.45. General penalty
46. Power to compound offences
Part IX – Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions (ss. 47-55)
47. Evidence of possession
Where any weight, measure, weighing or measuring instrument is found—48. Power of entry
49. Judicial notice of documents
A document purporting to be signed by an assizer and certifying that a weighing or measuring instrument specified therein was inspected or examined and compared with the standard by him on a specified date and the finding of his examination or inspection shall be received in any court on production by any person and without further proof as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.50. Forfeiture
All weights, measures, weighing or measuring instruments forfeited under this Act shall be dismantled and the material thereof may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the court may direct.51. Acts or omissions by managers, agents or employees
52. Burden of proof
53. Saving of civil remedies
No proceedings or conviction under this Act shall affect any civil right or remedy under any other written law.54. Regulations
55. Repeal and savings
History of this document
31 July 2002 this version
Consolidation
15 May 1983
Commenced
31 December 1982
02 October 1982
Assented to
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