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Chapter: | 68
 | Title: | WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 13 | Heading: | Possession of unauthorized or false weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 15, any person who uses for trade or has in his possession for use for trade-
- (a) any weighing or measuring equipment which is constructed or adapted to indicate any unit of measurement other than an authorized unit;
(b) any weighing or measuring equipment which is false or defective,
(2) Without prejudice to liability to forfeiture under section 28, it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under subsection (1)(b) in respect of the use for trade of any weighing or measuring equipment to show that-
- (a) he used the equipment only in the course of his employment by some other person; and
(b) he did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that the equipment was false or defective.
(Enacted 1987)