Chapter Number and Title of Enactment

Chapter:

68Title:WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE

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Table of contents of enactment:
Cap 68 Long title
Cap 68 Part IPRELIMINARY
Cap 68 s 1Short title
Cap 68 s 2Interpretation
Cap 68 s 3Application
Cap 68 s 4Appointment of authorized officers
Cap 68 s 5Power of Chief Executive to give directions
Cap 68 Part IIUNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT
Cap 68 s 6Units of measurement
Cap 68 s 7Declaration of equivalent units of measurements
Cap 68 s 8Reference standards of weights and measures
Cap 68 s 9Damaging or destroying reference standards
Cap 68 Part IIIWEIGHING OR MEASURING EQUIPMENT USED FOR TRADE
Cap 68 s 10Meaning of "use for trade"
Cap 68 s 11Units of measurement lawful for use for trade
Cap 68 s 12Fraud in using for trade weighing or measuring equipment
Cap 68 s 13Possession of unauthorized or false weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade
Cap 68 s 14Prohibition against manufacture or supply for use for trade of weighing or measuring equipment
Cap 68 s 15Non-application of certain provisions
Cap 68 Part IVREGULATION OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Cap 68 s 16Goods to be supplied by net weight or measure
Cap 68 s 17Weighing or measuring of goods sold
Cap 68 s 18False statements as to quantity of goods supplied
Cap 68 s 19Short weight or measure, etc.
Cap 68 s 20Reliance on warranty as defence to charge under section 19
Cap 68 s 21False warranty as to quantity of goods sold
Cap 68 s 22Reliance on climatic influences as defence to charge under section 19
Cap 68 s 23Unauthorized advertisements
Cap 68 Part VADMINISTRATION
Cap 68 s 24Powers of entry, search, arrest, etc.
Cap 68 s 25Restrictions upon exercise of powers of entry and search
Cap 68 s 26Power to inspect weighing or measuring equipment, etc.
Cap 68 s 27Powers of sale or disposal of perishable goods seized
Cap 68 Part VIFORFEITURE
Cap 68 s 28Forfeiture and disposal of certain equipment and goods
Cap 68 Part VIIMISCELLANEOUS
Cap 68 s 29Objections to decisions of Commissioner
Cap 68 s 30Obstruction, etc.
Cap 68 s 31Restriction on disclosure of source of complaint, etc.
Cap 68 s 32Penalties
Cap 68 s 33Offences by agents or servants
Cap 68 s 34Name in which proceedings may be brought
Cap 68 s 35Evidence by certificate
Cap 68 s 36Evidence of possession of equipment or goods, etc.
Cap 68 s 37Regulations
Cap 68 s 38Power of Commissioner to amend Schedules
Cap 68 s 39(Omitted as spent)
Cap 68 Sched 1DEFINITIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
Cap 68 Sched 2UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND PERMITTED SYMBOLS OR ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT LAWFUL FOR USE FOR TRADE
Cap 68 Sched 3WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WHICH ARE LAWFUL FOR USE FOR TRADE




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