THE STATUTES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPOREWEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT(CHAPTER 349)

(Original Enactment: Act 51 of 1975)

REVISED EDITION 1985

(30th March 1987)
Prepared and Published by
THE LAW REVISION COMMISSIONUNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
THE REVISED EDITION OF THE LAWS ACT (CHAPTER 275)

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSPART IPRELIMINARY
Section1.
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Short title
Interpretation
PART IIUNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT

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Units of measurement
Standard weights and measures
PART IIIWEIGHING AND MEASURING FOR TRADE

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7B.
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Meaning of “use for trade”
Units of measurements and weights lawful for use for trade
Weighing or measuring instruments for use for trade
Inspection and testing by Authorised Verifier
Inspection and testing by inspector
Approved patterns of instruments for use for trade
General specifications of instruments for use for trade
Regulations relating to weighing or measuring instruments for
trade
Offences in connection with affixing of stamps and Accuracy
Labels on instruments
Power to ban use of weighing or measuring instrument[Repealed]
Other offences in connection with instruments
Evidence of possession of instruments for use for trade1

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PART IVREGULATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN GOODS
Section
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Transactions in particular goods
Offences in transactions in particular goods
Sale of goods in metric units
Short weight, etc.
Pleading of warranty as defence
Additional defences and safeguards for traders
Offence relating to document containing particular statements
Offences due to default of third person
Offences originating in countries outside Singapore
Special powers of inspector with respect to certain goods
Powers of inspector with respect to certain documents
Check-weighing of certain road vehicles
Power to make test purchases
Selling by quantity, making quantity known, and weighing inpresence
Selling by retail by weight, measure or number
PART VADMINISTRATION

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Administration of Act
Appointment of Authorised Verifiers
General powers of inspection and entry
Powers of arrest, etc.
Power to require recall of weighing or measuring instrument
suppliedPART VIMISCELLANEOUS

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36B.
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Obstruction of inspectors
Composition of offences
Jurisdiction
Penalties
Offences by corporations
Fees, etc., collected by Board
Exemption
Regulations
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Section
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OrdersApplication to the Government
Savings
Transitional provisionFirst Schedule— Definitions of units of measurement(metric units)
Second Schedule — Measures and weights (metric system)
Third Schedule — Customary weights

An Act relating to the use of uniform weights and measuresthroughout Singapore.
[1st January 1976]
PART IPRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Accuracy Label” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)(ii)(B)
for use as evidence of the passing of any weighing or
measuring instrument as fit for use for trade;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“Authorised Verifier” means any person appointed by the Board
under section 29A;
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established bysection 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;[Act 10 of 2018 wef 01/04/2018]“catch weight goods” means goods that —(a) are enclosed in a package;

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4(b) cannot be portioned to a predetermined quantity
because of their nature; and(c) are usually sold in varying quantities;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“check-weighed”, in relation to any vehicle, means weighed with
its load by means of the nearest suitable and available
weighing instrument, and weighed again after it has been
unloaded by means of the same or other suitable weighing
instrument;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“constructional use”, in relation to any goods, means the use of
those goods in constructional work in the course of thecarrying on of a business;“container” includes any form of packaging of goods for sale as asingle item, whether by way of wholly or partly enclosing thegoods or by way of attaching the goods to, or winding thegoods round, some other article, and in particular includes awrapper or confining band;“contravention”, in relation to any requirement, includes a failure
to comply with that requirement, and cognate expressions
shall be construed accordingly;“Controller” means the Controller of Weights and Measuresappointed under section 29 and includes any officer duly
authorised by the Controller to act on his behalf;“desiccating goods” means any goods made up in a package thatlose weight or volume solely through evaporation when the
package is made up;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“drug” has the same meaning as in the Sale of Drugs Act[Cap. 282];“food” has the same meaning as in the Sale of Food Act[Cap. 283];

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“gross weight”, in relation to any goods, means the aggregate
weight of the goods and any container in or on which they are
made up;“inadequate package” means a package enclosing goods that
contain less than the quantity stated on the package or a label
attached to the package, where the deficiency is more than
twice the amount of error prescribed for the purpose of thisdefinition;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“indication of quantity”, in relation to any container in or onwhich goods are made up, means a statement in writing to theeffect that those goods are of, or of not less than, a specified
quantity by net weight, gross weight or other measurement orby number, as the case may require;“industrial use”, in relation to any goods, means the use of those
goods in the manufacture of, or for incorporation in, goods ofa different description in the course of the carrying on of abusiness;“inspector” means an inspector of weights and measuresappointed under section 29;“international definition”, in relation to any unit of measurement,
means the definition of that unit recognised by the General
Conferences of Weights and Measures from time to time
convened by the International Bureau of Weights andMeasures;“intoxicating liquor” has the same meaning as in the Customs
Act [Cap. 70];
“lot of packages” means a collection of packages enclosing
goods that —(a) are of the same kind;(b) are of the same stated weight, measure or number; and(c) are available for inspection at the same time andplace;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]

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6“mark” includes label;“non-standard package” means a package enclosing goods that
contains less than the quantity stated on the package or a label
attached to it, where the deficiency is more than the amount oferror prescribed for the purpose of this definition but not morethan twice that prescribed amount of error;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“occupier”, in relation to any stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft or in
relation to the use of any place for any purpose, means the
person for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle, ship or
aircraft or, as the case may be, the person for the time being
using that place for that purpose;“premises”, except in section 28(3), includes any place and any
stall, vehicle, ship or aircraft;“pre-packed” means made up in advance ready for retail sale inor on a container; and on any premises where articles of any
description are so made up, or are kept or stored for sale after
being so made up, any article of that description found madeup in or on a container shall be deemed 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 beenmarked in accordance with the requirements of this Act or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder with respect to the prepacking of such articles;“sale by retail” means a sale to a person buying for his own use or
consumption;“ship” includes any boat and any other description of vessel usedin navigation;“stamp” means a mark referred to in section 7(2)(ii)(A) for use as
evidence of the passing of any weighing or measuring
instrument as fit for use for trade;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“supply”, in relation to a weighing or measuring instrument,
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(a) selling the weighing or measuring instrument,
whether by wholesale or retail or otherwise;(b) supplying the weighing or measuring instrument by
way of exchange, lease, loan, hire or hire-purchase;(c) supplying the weighing or measuring instrument,
whether with or without charge, by way of sample orotherwise;(d) offering or exposing the weighing or measuring
instrument for sale or supply; and(e) keeping or having the weighing or measuring
instrument for the purpose of selling or supplying it
to someone else;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]“weighing or measuring instrument” means an instrument formeasuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weightor number, whether or not the instrument is constructed togive an indication of the measurement made or otherinformation determined by reference to that measurement,
and includes any article used as a weighing or measuring
instrument.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference inthis Act to any person, other than a reference to an Authorised Verifier
or inspector, shall be construed as a reference to that person or someother person acting on his behalf in the matter in question.
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PART IIUNITS AND STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT
Units of measurement
3.—(1) The metre shall be the unit of measurement of length and thekilogram shall be the unit of measurement of mass by reference towhich any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass
shall be made in Singapore.
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8(2) The First Schedule shall have effect for defining, for the
purposes of measurements falling to be made in Singapore, the unitsof measurements set out in that Schedule; and for the purposes of any
measurement of weight falling to be so made, the weight of anything
may be expressed, by reference to the units of measurements set out inPart V of that Schedule, in the same terms as its mass.
(3) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]
Standard weights and measures
4.—(1) There shall be maintained by the Agency for Science,
Technology and Research established under section 3 of the Agency
for Science, Technology and Research Act (Cap. 5A) or such otherperson as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify thestandards of the metre and kilogram (referred to in this Act as theSingapore standards) by reference to which all other standards of —(a) those units; and(b) any other unit of measurement derived wholly or partly
from any of those units,
are maintained.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006][54/2007 wef 01/01/2008](2) The Minister shall from time to time as may appear to him
expedient cause —(a) the value of each of the Singapore standards to be
determined or redetermined; and(b) any authorised copy of any of those standards to becompared with, and its value determined or redeterminedby reference to, that standard,in such manner as the Minister may direct.
(3) The reference standards shall consist of standards of all themeasures set out in Parts I and II, and the weights set out in Part III, ofthe Second Schedule other than capacity measures of more than 10
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reference to one or more of the Singapore standards maintained undersubsection (1).
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006][54/2007 wef 01/01/2008](4) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](5) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](6) The Minister may from time to time by order amend theSecond Schedule by adding to or removing from Part I or II of that
Schedule any linear or capacity measure or from Part III of that
Schedule any weight.
(7) The Controller shall provide for use by the inspectors andmaintain or from time to time replace such standards of the measures
and weights set out in the Second Schedule, and such instruments fortesting and the affixing of stamps and Accuracy Labels as theController may from time to time approve or require as being properand sufficient for the efficient discharge of their duties.
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PART IIIWEIGHING AND MEASURING FOR TRADE
Meaning of “use for trade”
5.—(1) For the purposes of this Act, “use for trade” means, subject
to subsection (2), use in Singapore in connection with, or with a view
to, a transaction for —(a) the transferring or rendering of money or money’s worth inconsideration of money or money’s worth; or(b) the making of a payment in respect of any toll or duty,
where —
(i) the transaction is by reference to quantity or is a transaction
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10(ii) the use is for the purpose of the determination or statementof that quantity.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where —(a) the determination or statement is a determination orstatement of the quantity of goods required for despatch
to a destination outside Singapore; and[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](b) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](c) no transfer or rendering of money or money’s worth isinvolved other than the passing of the title to the goods andthe consideration therefor.
(3) Any weighing or measuring instrument which is made available
in Singapore for use by the public, whether on payment or otherwise,
shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as weighing or measuring
instrument in use for trade, whether or not it would apart from thissubsection be so treated.
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Units of measurements and weights lawful for use for trade
6.—(1) Subject to section 40, no person shall use for trade any unitof measurement of length, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight
which is not included in the First Schedule.
(2) No person shall use the carat (metric) for trade except for the
purposes of transactions in precious stones or pearls.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](3) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guiltyof an offence, and any measure or weight used, or in any person’s
possession for use, in contravention of any of those subsections shallbe liable to be forfeited.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](5) The Minister may by regulations prescribe what may be treated
for the purposes of use for trade as the equivalent of, or of any multiple
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(6) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the prescribing of, or thedispensing of a prescription for, drugs, and nothing in any regulations
made under subsection (5) shall apply to any transaction in drugs; but
the Minister for Health may by regulations, which shall have effectnotwithstanding anything in, or in any subsidiary legislation madeunder, any other enactment —(a) prescribe what may be treated for the purposes of dealings
with drugs as the equivalent of, or of any multiple or
fraction of, any unit of measurement which is included in
the First Schedule in terms of any other such unit;(b) require that any person carrying out any such dealing withdrugs, as is specified in the regulations for the purposes ofwhich the quantity of the drugs is expressed in terms of any
such unit which is so specified, shall carry out that dealing
in terms of such equivalent quantity prescribed underparagraph (a) as is so specified.
(7) The Minister may from time to time by order amend theFirst Schedule by adding to or removing from Parts I to V of that
Schedule any unit of measurement of length, of area, of volume, of
capacity, or of mass or weight, as the case may be.
Weighing or measuring instruments for use for trade
7.—(1) This section shall apply to weighing or measuring
instruments of such class or description as may be prescribed.
(2) No person shall —(a) supply for use for trade; or(b) use for trade, or have in his possession for use for trade,any weighing or measuring instrument to which this section applies
unless —(i) the instrument has been submitted to and passed as being fit
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12(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided under this Act or by
regulations made under section 10, the instrument has been
affixed with —(A) a stamp; and(B) an Accuracy Label,indicating that it has been so passed, and both the stamp andAccuracy Label remain undefaced otherwise than byreason of fair wear and tear.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an
offence and any weighing or measuring instrument in respect of which
the offence was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.
(4) Where —(a) in accordance with regulations made under section 10, any
weighing or measuring instrument is passed as fit for use
for trade and affixed with a stamp and an Accuracy Label
only after it has been installed at the place where it is used
for trade; and(b) the instrument is subsequently dismantled and re-installed,
whether in the same or some other place,the instrument shall not be used for trade after being so re-installed
until it has been retested by an Authorised Verifier or inspector.
(5) Any person who —(a) knowingly uses any weighing or measuring instrument incontravention of subsection (4);(b) knowingly causes or permits any other person so to use it;or(c) knowing that the instrument is required undersubsection (4) to be retested disposes of it to some otherperson without informing him of that requirement,
shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to beforfeited.
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Inspection and testing by Authorised Verifier
7A.—(1) Any person requiring any weighing or measuring
instrument to which section 7 applies to be tested for its fitness foruse for trade by an Authorised Verifier shall submit the instrument to
the Authorised Verifier in such manner as the Authorised Verifier may
require.
(2) An Authorised Verifier may charge such fee as he may determine
for the testing of any weighing or measuring instrument submitted tohim under subsection (1).
(3) On payment of such a fee, the Authorised Verifier shall inspect
the weighing or measuring instrument and —(a) test the instrument for its fitness for use for trade by meansof such method of testing, working standard and testing
instrument as may be specified by the Controller; and(b) subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations
made under section 10, if the instrument being tested falls
within the prescribed maximum permissible error, pass the
instrument as being fit for use for trade and affix the
instrument with a stamp and an Accuracy Label.
(4) If any difference arises between an Authorised Verifier and theperson who submitted the weighing or measuring instrument being
tested with respect to any method of testing, working standard or
testing instrument used under subsection (3)(a), that difference may
with the consent of that other person, and shall at the request of that
other person, be referred to the Controller whose decision shall befinal.
(5) Unless the Board otherwise allows, no Authorised Verifier shallpass, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on, any weighing or
measuring instrument submitted to him under subsection (1) unless a
letter of pattern approval in respect of the pattern of that instrument
has been issued by the Controller under section 8.
(6) Where any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to an
Authorised Verifier under subsection (1) is of a pattern in respect ofwhich a letter of pattern approval granted under section 8 is for thetime being in force, or of such a pattern modified only in a manner for
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the time being authorised by the Controller under that section, theAuthorised Verifier shall not refuse to pass, or affix a stamp or an
Accuracy Label on, the instrument on the ground that it is not suitablefor use for trade.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (6), if the Authorised Verifier is of
the opinion that the weighing or measuring instrument is intended foruse for trade for a particular purpose for which it is not suitable, he
may refuse to pass it as fit for use for trade, or affix a stamp or an
Accuracy Label on it, until the matter has been referred to theController whose decision shall be final.
(8) Where an Authorised Verifier refuses to pass as fit for use fortrade any weighing or measuring instrument, the Authorised Verifier
shall —(a) immediately give to the person in charge of that instrument
notice in writing of his refusal in such form as theController may require; and(b) as soon as practicable, send a copy of the notice to theController.
(9) Where it is not possible or practicable to give a notice undersubsection (8)(a), the Authorised Verifier shall attach the notice to theweighing or measuring instrument to which the notice relates.
(10) Every Authorised Verifier shall —(a) keep a record of —(i) every inspection and test carried out by him undersubsection (3); and(ii) every instance in which the Authorised Verifier
breaks any stamp affixed on any weighing or
measuring instrument; and(b) submit to the Controller, in such form, comprising suchinformation and within such time as the Controller may
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(ii) a report on every instance in which the Authorised
Verifier breaks any stamp affixed on any weighing or
measuring instrument.
(11) Any Authorised Verifier who fails to keep any record referred
to in subsection (10)(a) shall be guilty of an offence.
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Inspection and testing by inspector
7B.—(1) Any person requiring any weighing or measuring
instrument to which section 7 applies to be tested for its fitness foruse for trade by an inspector shall submit the instrument to theinspector in such manner as the Controller may direct.
(2) On payment by the person referred to in subsection (1) of theprescribed fee, the inspector shall inspect the weighing or measuring
instrument and —(a) test the instrument by means of such method of testing,working standard and testing instrument as he considers
appropriate or, subject to any condition which may beprescribed, by means of any other instrument which has
already been tested and which the inspector considers
suitable for the purpose; and(b) subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations
made under section 10, if the instrument submitted falls
within the prescribed maximum permissible error, pass the
instrument as being fit for use for trade and affix the
instrument with a stamp and an Accuracy Label.
(3) If any difference arises between an inspector and the person who
submitted the weighing or measuring instrument for testing withrespect to any method of testing, working standard or testing
instrument used under subsection (2)(a), that difference may withthe consent of that other person, and shall at the request of that otherperson, be referred to the Controller whose decision shall be final.
(4) Unless the Board otherwise allows, no inspector shall pass, oraffix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on, any weighing or measuring
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pattern approval in respect of the pattern of that instrument has been
issued by the Controller under section 8.
(5) Where any weighing or measuring instrument submitted to an
inspector under subsection (1) is of a pattern in respect of which a
letter of pattern approval granted under section 8 is for the time being
in force, or of such a pattern modified only in a manner for the time
being authorised by the Controller under that section, the inspector
shall not refuse to pass, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy Label on, theinstrument on the ground that it is not suitable for use for trade.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), if the inspector is of theopinion that the weighing or measuring instrument is intended for use
for trade for a particular purpose for which it is not suitable, he may
refuse to pass it as fit for use for trade, or affix a stamp or an Accuracy
Label on it, until the matter has been referred to the Controller whose
decision shall be final.
(7) Every inspector shall keep a record of every inspection and test
carried out by him under subsection (2).
(8) Nothing in this section or section 7 shall require any inspector toinspect, test or pass any weighing or measuring instrument as fit for
use for the purpose of section 7 unless there is no Authorised Verifier
able to do so without unreasonable delay.
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Approved patterns of instruments for use for trade
8.—(1) Any importer or manufacturer who intends, in the course of
any trade or business, to supply in Singapore any weighing or
measuring instrument to which section 7 applies shall —(a) submit in such manner as the Controller may require thepattern of that instrument to the Controller for examination,
together with such fee as may be prescribed; and(b) obtain from the Controller a letter of pattern approvalsignifying the suitability of that instrument for use for trade.
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instrument in respect of which a letter of pattern approval from theController has not been obtained shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Upon receipt of the pattern of a weighing or measuring
instrument and any prescribed fee under subsection (1), theController shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, examine thesuitability for use for trade of the pattern of the weighing or measuring
instrument, having regard in particular to the principle, materials andmethods used or proposed to be used in its construction.
(4) If, upon completion of the examination under subsection (3), theController is satisfied that the weighing or measuring instrument
examined is suitable for use for trade, then, subject to section 9(2),he —(a) shall issue a letter of pattern approval of that pattern andcause particulars thereof to be published; and(b) may from time to time thereafter authorise such minor
modifications thereof as he thinks fit and cause particularsof those modifications to be published.
(5) The requirements of subsection (4) as to the publication of theparticulars of any pattern or modification shall not apply where theletter of pattern approval is issued subject to such a condition as isreferred to in subsection (6).
(6) A letter of pattern approval issued under subsection (4) may be
granted subject to a condition that, except with the consent of theController, the weighing or measuring instrument of the patternapproval in question shall be used for trade only for a specified period
or a specified purpose.
(7) Any person who, knowing that a condition referred to in
subsection (6) has been imposed with respect to any weighing or
measuring instrument —(a) uses, or causes or permits any other person to use, that
instrument in contravention of that condition; or(b) disposes of that instrument to any other person in a state inwhich it could be used for trade without informing that
other person of that condition,

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shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to beforfeited.
(8) The Controller, after consultation with such person appearing to
him to be interested as he thinks fit, may at any time revoke any letterof pattern approval or authorisation granted under this section, andshall cause notice of any such revocation to be published.
(9) Where the Controller has revoked any letter of pattern approvalor authorisation under subsection (8), any person who, knowing thatthe letter of pattern approval or authorisation has been revoked, andexcept as may be permitted by any fresh letter of pattern approval or
authorisation granted in respect thereof —(a) uses for trade, or has in his possession for such use, orcauses or permits any other person so to use, any weighing
or measuring instrument of the pattern or incorporating themodification in question; or(b) disposes of any such instrument to any other person in astate in which it could be so used without informing that
other person of the revocation,
shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to beforfeited.
(10) Any weighing or measuring instrument of a pattern in respectof which a letter of pattern approval has been granted under thissection may, and in such cases as may be prescribed, shall, be marked
in such manner as may be prescribed so as to identify it with thepattern in question.
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General specifications of instruments for use for trade
9.—(1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe general
specifications for the construction of weighing or measuring
instruments to which section 7 applies.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) Subject to subsection (4), where any general specification is forthe time being prescribed under subsection (1), no letter of patternapproval shall be issued under section 8 in respect of the pattern of any

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weighing or measuring instrument unless the pattern complies withthe prescribed general specifications.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](3) Where any specification prescribed by regulations made under
this section is varied or revoked by further regulations madethereunder, then if any person uses for trade, or has in his
possession for such use, or causes or permits any other person so touse, any instrument which conformed with that specification but
which to his knowledge no longer conforms to any specification toprescribed, or disposes of any such instrument to any other person in astate in which it could be so used without informing that other personthat it no longer so conforms, he shall be guilty of an offence and the
instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](4) Where, in the case of any particular instrument, the Controller isof the opinion that there are special circumstances which make it
impracticable or unnecessary for that instrument to comply with any
particular requirement of any specification prescribed under thissection, the Controller may exempt that instrument from that
requirement subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as
he thinks fit; and if any person knowingly contravenes any condition
imposed with respect to any instrument by virtue of this subsection, heshall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to beforfeited.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](5) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]
Regulations relating to weighing or measuring instruments fortrade
10.—(1) The Minister may make regulations with respect to —(a) the materials and principles of construction of weighing or
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20(i) the circumstances in which the affixing of stamps andAccuracy Labels on such instruments are prohibitedor are not necessary;(ii) prohibiting the affixing of stamps or Accuracy Labels
or both on prescribed instruments and requiring them
to be affixed elsewhere;(iii) the period for which stamps and Accuracy Labels are
to remain in force;(iv) the circumstances in which an inspector may remove
or detain any such instrument for inspection or
testing; and(v) the marking of any such instrument found unfit for
use for trade;(c) the circumstances in which, conditions under which andmanner in which stamps may be obliterated or defaced andAccuracy Labels cancelled;(d) the retesting of weighing or measuring instruments passed
as fit for use for trade;(e) the purposes for which particular types of weighing or
measuring instruments may be used for trade;(f) the manner of erection or use of weighing or measuring
instruments used for trade;(g) the abbreviations of or symbols for units of measurement
which may be used for trade; and(h) the manner in which the tare weight of road vehicles, or ofroad vehicles of any particular class or description, is to be
determined.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) The regulations made under subsection (1) may provide that any
contravention thereof is an offence punishable with a fine notexceeding $2,000, and that any weighing or measuring instrument inrespect of which the contravention was committed shall be liable to beforfeited.
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(3) Where in the special circumstances of any particular case it
appears to be impracticable or unnecessary that any requirement of
any regulations made under this section should be complied with, theMinister may if he thinks fit dispense with the observance of that
requirement subject to compliance with such conditions, if any, as hethinks fit to impose, and if any person knowingly contravenes any
condition imposed with respect to any instrument by virtue of thissubsection he shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be
liable to be forfeited.
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Offences in connection with affixing of stamps and Accuracy
Labels on instruments
11.—(1) Any person who, in the case of any weighing or measuring
instrument used or intended to be used for trade —(a) not being an Authorised Verifier or an inspector or a person
acting under the instructions of an Authorised Verifier or
inspector —(i) inspects, tests or passes as fit for use for trade such
instrument for the purposes of this Act;(ii) affixes any stamp or Accuracy Label on such
instrument; or(iii) marks in any manner any plug or seal used ordesigned for use for the reception of a stamp;(b) forges, counterfeits or, except as permitted under this Act,in any way alters or defaces any stamp or Accuracy Label;(c) removes any stamp or Accuracy Label and inserts it onto
any other such instrument; or(d) makes any alteration in the instrument after it has been
affixed with a stamp or an Accuracy Label such as to makeit false or unjust,shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Subsection (1)(a)(iii) and (b) shall not apply to the destruction or
obliteration of any stamp, plug, seal or Accuracy Label in the courseof the adjustment or repair of any weighing or measuring instrument
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by, or by the duly authorised agent of, a person who is a manufacturerof, or regularly engaged in the business of repairing, such instrument.
(3) Any person who uses for trade or supplies any weighing or
measuring instrument which to his knowledge —(a) bears a stamp or an Accuracy Label which is a forgery or
counterfeit, or which has been transferred from another
instrument, or which has been altered or defaced otherwise
than as permitted under this Act; or(b) is false or unjust as the result of an alteration made in the
instrument after it has been affixed with a stamp or an
Accuracy Label,shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Any weighing or measuring instrument in respect of which an
offence under this section is committed, and any stamp or instrument
for the affixing of stamps and Accuracy Labels used in thecommission of the offence, shall be liable to be forfeited.
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Power to ban use of weighing or measuring instrument
12.—(1) The Minister may by order prohibit the use of any
weighing or measuring instrument for such purposes as he may
specify, notwithstanding that the weighing or measuring instrument
has been inspected, tested and passed as fit for use for trade under thisPart, if he is satisfied that the use of such weighing or measuring
instrument should be discontinued for such purposes as may be
specified in the order.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) If any person uses for trade, or has in his possession for trade,any weighing or measuring instrument to which an order made undersubsection (1) applies, he shall be guilty of an offence and the
instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.
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Other offences in connection with instruments
14.—(1) If any person uses for trade, or has in his possession for use
for trade, any weighing or measuring instrument which is false orunjust, he shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be
liable to be forfeited.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) Without prejudice to the liability of any weighing or measuring
instrument to be forfeited, it shall be a defence for any person charged
with an offence under subsection (1) to show —(a) in respect of the use for trade of the weighing or measuring
instrument, that —(i) he used the instrument only in the course of his
employment by some other person; and(ii) he neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, thatthe instrument was false or unjust; or(b) in respect of the use for trade or the possession for use fortrade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —(i) the use or possession of the instrument took place
during a period of 12 months immediately following
the month in which an Accuracy Label for the
instrument was issued; and(ii) he neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, thatthe instrument was false or unjust.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](3) If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or
measuring instrument for trade, the person committing the fraud andany other person who is a party thereto shall be guilty of an offence
and the instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.
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Evidence of possession of instruments for use for trade
15. Where any weighing or measuring instrument is found in thepossession of any person carrying on trade or on any premises which
are used for trade, that person or, as the case may be, the occupier of
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contrary is proved, to have that instrument in his possession for use
for trade.
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PART IVREGULATION OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN GOODS
Transactions in particular goods
16.—(1) The Minister may by order make provision with respect toany goods specified in the order for all or any of the following
purposes, that is to say, to ensure that, except in such cases or in suchcircumstances as may be so specified, the goods in question:(a) are sold only by quantity expressed in such manner as may
be so specified;(b) are pre-packed, or are otherwise made up in or on acontainer for sale or for delivery after sale, only if thecontainer is marked with such information as to thequantity of the goods as may be so specified;(c) are sold, or are pre-packed, or are otherwise made up in or
on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or are madefor sale, only in such quantities as may be so specified;(d) are not sold without the quantity sold expressed as
aforesaid being made known to the buyer at or before
such time as may be so specified;(e) are sold by means of, or are offered or exposed for sale in, avending machine only if there is displayed on or in themachine —(i) such information as to the quantity of the goods inquestion comprised in each item for sale by means ofthat machine as may be so specified; and(ii) a statement of the name and address of the seller;(f) are carried for reward only in pursuance of an agreement
made by reference to the quantity of the goods in question
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(g) in such circumstances as may be so specified, haveassociated therewith in such manner as may be so
specified a document containing a statement of thequantity of the goods in question expressed in suchmanner and a statement of such other particulars, if any,
as may be specified;(h) when carried on a road vehicle along a road areaccompanied by a document containing such particulars
determined in such manner as may be so specified as to theweight of the vehicle and its load apart from the goods inquestion;(i) are not to be sold or pre-packed for sale by any weight ormeasure which is not a unit of the metric system; or(j) are not to be sold, advertised or displayed for sale at a priceother than a price expressed by reference to a prescribed
metric quantity.
[1/80][30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) An order under subsection (1) may —(a) make provision for any of the purposes mentioned insubsection (1) in such manner, whether by means ofamending, or of applying with or without modifications, orof excluding the application in whole or in part of, any
provision of this Act or of any previous order made undersubsection (1) or otherwise;(b) make such, if any, different provisions for retail and othersales respectively and for such provisions to be in force insuch places or districts in Singapore as are so specified; and(c) contain such consequential, incidental or supplementaryprovision, whether by such means as aforesaid orotherwise,
as may appear to the Minister to be expedient, and may in particularmake provision in respect of contraventions of the order for which no
penalty is provided by this Act for the imposition of penalties notexceeding those provided by section 35 for an offence under this Act.
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26(3) The Minister may make regulations —(a) as to the manner in which any container required by any
order made under subsection (1) to be marked withinformation as to the quantity of the goods made up
therein is to be so marked;(b) as to the manner in which any information required by any
such provision as aforesaid to be displayed on or in a
vending machine is to be so displayed;(c) as to the conditions which must be satisfied in marking withinformation as to the quantity of goods made up therein thecontainer in or on which any goods are made up for sale
(whether by way of pre-packing or otherwise) where those
goods are goods on a sale of which (whether any sale or asale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods
sold is required by any such provision as aforesaid to bemade known to the buyer at or before a particular time;(d) as to the units of measurement to be used in marking any
such container or machine as aforesaid with any
information as to quantity;(e) for securing, in the case of pre-packed goods, that thecontainer is so marked as to enable the packer to be
identified;(f) as to the method by which and conditions under whichquantity is to be determined in connection with any
information with respect thereto required by this section;and(g) permitting in the case of such goods and in suchcircumstances as may be specified in the regulations theweight of such articles used in making up the goods for saleas may be so specified to be included in the net weight of
the goods for the purpose of this Act,and any person who contravenes any regulations made under thissubsection otherwise than by virtue of paragraph (f) or (g) shall be
guilty of an offence.
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(4) The Minister may by order grant and from time to time vary or
revoke, with respect to goods or sales of such descriptions as may be
specified in the order or exemption, either generally or in suchcircumstances as may be so specified, from all or any requirements
imposed by this section; and, until otherwise provided by such anorder, the following shall be exempted from all such requirements:(a) goods made up in or on a container for sale only for use by
the Singapore Armed Forces or by a visiting force within
the meaning of any of the provisions of Part II of the
Visiting Forces Act [Cap. 344] and not sold or offered,exposed or in any person’s possession for sale for any otheruse;(b) any sale of goods in the case of which the buyer gives
notice in writing to the seller before the sale is completed
that the goods are being bought —(i) for despatch to a destination outside Singapore; or(ii) for use as stores within the meaning of the Customs
Act [Cap. 70] in a ship or aircraft on a voyage or
flight to an eventual destination outside Singapore;(c) any goods sold for, or offered, exposed or in any person’s
possession for sale only for, use or consumption at thepremises of the seller; and(d) any assortment of articles of food pre-packed together for
consumption together as a meal and ready for suchconsumption without being cooked, heated or otherwise
prepared.
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Offences in transactions in particular goods
17.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any
goods which, when not pre-packed, are required by this Act to be soldonly by quantity expressed in a particular manner or only in aparticular quantity, any person who —(a) whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another person,
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those goods otherwise than by quantity expressed in that manner or, as
the case may be, otherwise than in that quantity, shall be guilty of an
offence.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any goods
required by this Act to be pre-packed, or to be otherwise made up in or
on a container for sale or for delivery after sale, or to be made for sale,
only in particular quantities, or to be pre-packed, or to be otherwise
made up as aforesaid, only if the container is marked with particular
information, any person who —(a) whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another person,
has in his possession for sale, sells or agrees to sell;(b) except in the course of carriage of the goods for reward, has
in his possession for delivery after sale; or(c) causes or suffers any other person to have in his possession
for sale or for delivery after sale, sell or agree to sell on
behalf of the first-mentioned person,
any such goods pre-packed, otherwise made up as aforesaid or madeotherwise than in that quantity or otherwise than in or on a container
so marked, as the case may be, whether the sale is, or is to be, by retailor otherwise, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Part, in the case of any sale
where the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manneris required by this Act to be made known to the buyer at or before aparticular time and that quantity is not so made known, the person bywhom, and any other person on whose behalf, the goods were soldshall be guilty of an offence.
(4) Subject to the provisions of this Part, where any goods requiredby this Act to be sold by means of, or to be offered or exposed for salein, a vending machine only if certain requirements are complied withare so sold, offered or exposed without those requirements being
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Sale of goods in metric units
18.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, any person who —(a) in relation to any matter, work, goods or other thing, makes
or enters into any contract, or engages in any dealing ortransaction, by reference to any weight or measure otherthan a weight or measure of the metric system;(b) uses for trade any weight or measure other than a weight ormeasure of the metric system;(c) uses for trade any weighing or measuring instrument otherthan a weighing or measuring instrument which weighs ormeasures only by reference to weights or measures otherthan weights or measures of the metric system; or(d) in the course of or for the purposes of any trade or business,uses, whether on any package, or in any price list or
advertisement or otherwise, any unit of a weight or measureother than a weight or measure of the metric system, inadvertising, displaying, or exposing goods for sale,shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1)(d) shall apply to the use by any personof any unit of a weight or measure which is not a unit of a weight ormeasure of the metric system on any goods displayed or exposed forsale by retail or on the package of any such goods or on both if —(a) that unit is additional to a unit of a weight or measure of themetric system; and(b) that unit, the figures in which that unit and the numericalvalue of that unit are marked no larger than those of thatmetric weight or measure.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006]

Short weight, etc.
19.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, any person who, inselling or purporting to sell any goods by weight or othermeasurement or by number, delivers or causes to be delivered tothe buyer a lesser quantity than that purported to be sold or thancorresponds with the price charged, shall be guilty of an offence.
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30(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, any person who —(a) on or in connection with the sale or purchase of any goods;(b) in exposing or offering any goods for sale;(c) in purporting to make known to the buyer thereof thequantity of any goods sold; or(d) in offering to purchase any goods,
makes any misrepresentation either by word of mouth or otherwise as
to the quantity of the goods, or does any other act calculated tomislead a person buying or selling the goods as to the quantity thereof,
shall be guilty of an offence.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](3) Any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale, or has in his
possession for sale, by weight, measure or number, any goods
enclosed in a package that states the quantity of the goods or that has alabel attached to it stating the quantity of the goods shall be guilty of
an offence if the weight, measure or number of the goods in the
package is less than that stated on the package or label.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](4) In subsection (3), “goods” includes catch weight goods.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](5) For the purposes of subsection (3), the weight, measure or
number of the goods (other than catch weight goods) in a package
shall be deemed to be the same as that stated on the package or labelon the package if —(a) the package meets the conditions prescribed by regulations
made under section 37; or(b) the package is one package in a lot of packages that meetsthe conditions prescribed by regulations made under
section 37.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](6) It shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence
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(a) at any time on the day the package was made up or during aperiod of 7 days beginning on the day after the day the
package was made up —(i) the weighed average quantity of any sample takenfrom the lot of packages, as determined in accordancewith regulations made under section 37, was equal toor exceeded the quantity stated on the package or alabel attached to it;(ii) the number of non-standard packages in any sample
taken from the lot of packages was equal to or lessthan the appropriate number specified for the purpose
in regulations made under section 37; and(iii) there were no inadequate packages in any sample
taken from the lot of packages; or(b) at any time, after the close of the period specified inparagraph (a), a sample taken from the lot of packages
contained no inadequate packages.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](7) [Deleted by Act 30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](8) For the purposes of this section, any statement, whether oral or inwriting, as to the weight of any goods shall be deemed, unlessotherwise expressed, to be a statement as to the net weight of thegoods.
(9) Nothing in this section shall apply —(a) in relation to any such goods or sales as are mentioned in
section 16(4)(a) or (b); and(b) in relation to the sales of goods with a view to theirindustrial or constructional use, except —(i) where the sale in question is or would be one which is
required by this Act to be made only by quantity
expressed in a particular manner or in the case ofwhich the quantity of the goods sold is required byany provision of this Act to be made known to thebuyer at or before a particular time;
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32(ii) where the goods are pre-packed or otherwise made up
in or on a container for sale or for delivery after saleand are goods such as are required by this Act to bepre-packed, or to be otherwise so made up, as the casemay be, only if the container is marked with anindication of quantity or only in particular quantities;or(iii) where the goods are goods such as are required bythis Act to be made for sale only in particularquantities.
Pleading of warranty as defence
20.—(1) Subject to this section, in any proceedings for an offence
under this Part or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, being an
offence relating to the quantity or pre-packing of any goods, it shall bea defence for the person charged to prove —(a) that he bought the goods from some other person —(i) as being of the quantity which the person charged
purported to sell or represented, or which was marked
on any container or stated in any document to which
the proceedings relate; or(ii) as conforming with the statement marked on any
container to which the proceedings relate, or with therequirements of this Act and any subsidiarylegislation made thereunder with respect to the prepacking of goods,
as the case may require;(b) that he so bought the goods with a written warranty fromthat other person that they were of that quantity or, as thecase may be, did so conform;(c) that at the time of the commission of the offence he had noreason to believe the statement contained in the warranty to
be inaccurate, that he did in fact believe in its accuracy and,if the warranty was given by a person who at the time hegave it was resident outside Singapore, that the person
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charged had taken reasonable steps to check the accuracy ofthat statement; and(d) in the case of proceedings relating to the quantity of any
goods, that he took all reasonable steps to ensure that, whilein his possession the quantity of the goods remained
unchanged and, in the case of such or any otherproceedings, that apart from any change in their quantity
the goods were at the time of the commission of the offence
in the same state as when he bought them.
(2) A warranty shall be a defence in such proceedings only if, notlater than 7 days before the date of the hearing, the person charged has
sent to the prosecutor a copy of the warranty with a notice stating that
he intends to rely on it and specifying the name and address of theperson from whom the warranty was received, and has also sent a like
notice to that person.
(3) Where the person charged is a servant of a person who, if he had
been charged, would have been entitled to plead a warranty as adefence under this section, subsection (1) shall have effect as if any
reference (however expressed) in paragraphs (a) to (d) of that
subsection to the person charged, other than the first such reference inparagraph (c) of that subsection, were a reference to his employer.
(4) The person by whom the warranty is alleged to have been given
shall be entitled to appear at the hearing and to give evidence.
(5) If the person charged in any such proceedings wilfully attributes
to any goods a warranty given in relation to any other goods, he shallbe guilty of an offence.
(6) A person who, in respect of any goods sold by him in respect ofwhich a warranty might be pleaded under this section, gives to thebuyer a false warranty in writing shall be guilty of an offence unless heproves that when he gave the warranty he took all reasonable steps toensure that the statements contained therein were, and would continue
at all relevant times to be, accurate.
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goods made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale,
any statement with respect to those goods with which that container ismarked, shall be deemed to be a written warranty of the accuracy ofthat statement.
Additional defences and safeguards for traders21.—(1) In any proceedings for an offence in respect of any goods
under this Part or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, it shallbe a defence for the person charged to prove —(a) that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake, orto an accident or some other cause beyond his control; and(b) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due
diligence to avoid the commission of such an offence inrespect of those goods by himself or any person under his
control.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under this Part or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder by reason of the quantity —(a) of any goods made up for sale or for delivery after sale
(whether by way of pre-packing or otherwise) or in or on acontainer marked with an indication of quantity;(b) of any goods which, in connection with a sale or agreement
for the sale thereof, have associated therewith a document
purporting to state the quantity of the goods; or(c) of any goods required by this Act to be pre-packed, or to beotherwise made up in or on a container for sale or fordelivery after sale, or to be made for sale, only in particularquantities,
being less than that marked on the container or stated in the document
in question or than the relevant particular quantity, as the case may be,
it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the deficiency
arose —
(i) in a case falling within paragraph (a), after the making up of
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(ii) in a case falling within paragraph (b), after the preparationof the goods for delivery in pursuance of the sale oragreement and after the completion of the document;(iii) in the case falling within paragraph (c), after the making up
or making, as the case may be, of the goods for sale,
and was attributable wholly to factors for which reasonable allowance
was made in stating the quantity of the goods in the marking or
document or in making up or making the goods for sale, as the casemay be.
(3) In the case of a sale by retail of food, not being food pre-packed
in a container which is, or is required by this Act to be, marked with anindication of quantity, in any proceedings for an offence under thisPart or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder by reason of thequantity delivered to the buyer being less than that purported to be
sold, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that the
deficiency was due wholly to unavoidable evaporation or drainage
since the sale and that due care and precaution were taken to minimise
any such evaporation or drainage.
(4) Without prejudice to any defence under subsection (2) or (3), inany proceedings for such an offence in respect of any goods as ismentioned in subsection (2) it shall not be a defence undersubsection (1)(a) for the person charged to prove that thecommission of the offence was due to some cause beyond his
control if that cause was one which should reasonably have been
foreseen and for which allowance could reasonably have been made instating the quantity of the goods or in making up or making the goods,
as the case may be.
(5) If in any proceedings for an offence under this Part or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder, being an offence in respect ofany deficiency in the quantity of any goods sold, it is shown thatbetween the sale and the discovery of the deficiency the goods werewith the consent of the buyer subjected to treatment which could resultin a reduction in the quantity of those goods for delivery to, or to any
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deficiency cannot be accounted for by the subjecting of the goods tothat treatment.
(6) In any proceedings for an offence under this Part or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder, being an offence in respect ofany excess in the quantity of any goods, it shall be a defence for the
person charged to prove that the excess was attributable to the takingof measures reasonably necessary in order to avoid the commission of
an offence in respect of a deficiency in those or other goods.
(7) If proceedings for an offence under this Part or any subsidiarylegislation made thereunder in respect of any deficiency or excess inthe quantity —(a) of any goods made up for sale (whether by way of prepacking or otherwise) in or on a container marked with anindication of quantity;(b) of any goods which have been pre-packed or otherwise
made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after
sale, or which have been made for sale, and which arerequired by this Act to be pre-packed, or to be otherwise somade up, or to be so made, as the case may be, only inparticular quantities,
are brought with respect to any article, and it is proved that, at the timeand place at which that article was tested, other articles of the samekind, being articles which, or articles containing goods which, hadbeen sold by the person charged or were in that person’s possession
for sale or for delivery after sale, were available for testing, the person
charged shall not be convicted of such an offence with respect to that
article unless a reasonable number of those other articles was also
tested; and in any proceedings for such an offence the court —(i) if the proceedings are with respect to one or more of anumber of articles tested on the same occasion, shall haveregard to the average quantity in all the articles tested;(ii) if the proceedings are with respect to a single article, shalldisregard any inconsiderable deficiency or excess; and(iii) shall have regard generally to all the circumstances of thecase.
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Offence relating to document containing particular statements
21A. If, in the case of any goods required by this Act to haveassociated therewith a document containing particular statements, that
document is found to contain any such statement which is materiallyincorrect, any person who, knowing or having reasonable cause tosuspect that statement to be materially incorrect, inserted it or caused it
to be inserted in the document, or used the document for the purposesof this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder while thatstatement was contained therein, shall be guilty of an offence.
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Offences due to default of third person
22.—(1) A person against whom proceedings are brought for an
offence under this Part or any subsidiary legislation made thereundershall, upon information duly laid by him and on giving to theprosecutor not less than 7 clear days’ notice of his intention to avail
himself of this subsection be entitled to have brought before the courtin those proceedings any other person to whose act or default healleges that the commission of the offence was due; and if, after theoffence has been proved, the original defendant proves that thecommission thereof was due to an act or default of that other person —(a) that other person may be convicted of the offence; and(b) if the original defendant further proves that he exercised all
due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence byhim or any person under his control, the original defendant
shall be acquitted of the offence.
(2) Where a defendant seeks to avail himself of subsection (1) —(a) the prosecutor, as well as the person whom the defendant
charges with the offence, shall have the right to crossexamine the defendant, if he gives evidence, and any
witness called by the defendant in support of his pleas, andto call rebutting evidence; and(b) the court may make such order as it thinks fit for thepayment of costs by any party to the proceedings to any
other party thereto.

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38(3) Where it appears to any authority by or on behalf of whom
proceedings of such an offence may be instituted that such an offence
has been committed by some person, and that authority is reasonably
satisfied that the offence was due to an act or default of some otherperson and that the first-mentioned person could establish a defence
under subsection (1), that authority may take or authorise the taking ofproceedings against that other person without first taking or
authorising the taking of proceedings against the first-mentioned
person; and in any such proceedings that other person may be charged
with, and, on proof that the commission of the offence was due to his
act or default, be convicted of, the offence with which the firstmentioned person might have been charged.
(4) Where by virtue of subsection (3) a person is charged with an
offence with which some other person might have been charged, thereference in section 21(7) to articles or goods sold by or in thepossession of the person charged shall be construed as a reference toarticles or goods sold by or in the possession of that other person.
Offences originating in countries outside Singapore
23.—(1) Where proceedings are brought against any person for an
offence under this Part or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder
and it is proved —(a) that the commission of the offence was due to an act ordefault of some other person which took place outside
Singapore; and(b) that the person charged took all reasonable precautions andexercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of theoffence by him or any person under his control,
then, subject to subsection (2), the person charged shall be acquitted of
the offence.
(2) The person charged shall not be entitled to be acquitted under
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the offence was due, and has sent a like notice to that person; and that
person shall be entitled to appear at the hearing and to give evidence.
Special powers of inspector with respect to certain goods
24.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), where any person —(a) makes in any manner any representation as to the quantityof any goods offered or exposed for sale by him;(b) has in his possession or charge awaiting or in the course ofdelivery to the buyer any goods which have been sold or
agreed to be sold, and the sale is, or purports to be, or isrequired by this Act to be, by quantity expressed in aparticular manner, or is such that the quantity of the goods
sold is required by any provision of this Act to be madeknown to the buyer at or before a particular time; or(c) has in his possession or charge for sale, or awaiting or in thecourse of delivery to a buyer after they have been sold or
agreed to be sold, any goods pre-packed or otherwise madeup in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale
which are required by this Act to be pre-packed, or to beotherwise so made up, as the case may be, only in particularquantities or only if the container is marked with particular
information, or any goods pre-packed in or on a container
marked with an indication of quantity, or any goods
required by this Act to be made for sale only in particularquantities,
the powers of an inspector under section 30 shall include power torequire that person either to do in the presence of the inspector, or topermit the inspector to do, all or any of the following things:(i) weigh or otherwise measure or count the goods;(ii) weigh any container in or on which the goods are made up;(iii) if necessary for the purposes of either paragraph (i) or (ii),break open any such container or open any vending
machine in which the goods are offered or exposed for sale,and, in the case of any of the goods which are not already sold, power
to require that person to sell any of them to the inspector.
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40(2) Where the container or package of any pre-packed goods isbroken open under subsection (1), the inspector shall not be under any
obligation to re-seal the container or package or pay for the goods,
whether on behalf of the Controller or otherwise.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](3) Nothing in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) shall apply in relation to
the sale of goods with a view to their industrial or constructional use
except in such a case as is specified in section 19(9)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii).
Powers of inspector with respect to certain documents
25.—(1) An inspector, subject to the production if so requested of
his authority in writing, may require the person in charge of any
document required by this Act to be associated with any goods to
produce that document for inspection.
(2) If the inspector has reasonable cause to believe that any
document produced to him under subsection (1) contains any
inaccurate statement, he may either —(a) seize and detain the document, giving in exchange therefora copy thereof with an endorsement signed by him
certifying that the original has been seized and giving
particulars of any inaccuracy alleged; or(b) without prejudice to any proceedings which may be taken
by reason of any inaccuracy alleged, make thereon an
endorsement signed by him giving particulars of any suchinaccuracy,
and, save where the context otherwise requires, any reference in thisAct to any such document shall be deemed to include a reference to a
copy thereof given in pursuance of paragraph (a).
(3) Where, in the case of any goods being carried on a road vehicle,
the whole of the vehicle’s load is being carried for, or for delivery after
sale to the same person, and any document produced in pursuance ofsubsection (1) by the person in charge of the vehicle purports, or isrequired by this Act, to state the quantity of the goods, then, for the
purpose of the exercise of his powers under section 24(1), theinspector may do all or any of the following things:

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(a) require the goods to which the document relates to beunloaded from the vehicle;(b) require the vehicle to be taken to the nearest suitable andavailable weighing or measuring instrument;[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](c) require the person in charge of the vehicle to have it checkweighed:
Provided that the powers conferred by this subsection shall be
exercised only to such extent as may appear to the inspector
reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of thisAct and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder are duly observed.
Check-weighing of certain road vehicles
26. Where any road vehicle is loaded with goods for sale by weight
to a single buyer of the whole of the vehicle’s load, or for delivery to
the buyer after they have been so sold, the buyer or seller of the goods,
or any inspector who shows that he is authorised to do so by the buyer
or seller of the goods, may require the person in charge of the vehicle
to have it check-weighed, and if that person fails without reasonablecause to comply with any such requirement he shall be guilty of an
offence.
Power to make test purchases
27. An inspector shall have power to make such purchases of goods
as may appear to him to be expedient for the purpose of determining
whether or not the provisions of this Act and any subsidiary legislation
made thereunder are being complied with.
Selling by quantity, making quantity known, and weighing inpresence
28.—(1) Where any goods are required by this Act to be sold by
quantity expressed in a particular manner —(a) it shall be sufficient compliance with that requirement in
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question is made known to the buyer before the purchaseprice is agreed;(b) no person shall be guilty of an offence under section 17(1)by reason of the exposing or offering for sale of such goods
at any time if both the quantity of the goods expressed in themanner in question and the price at which they are exposed
or offered for sale are made known at that time to any
prospective buyer.
(2) For the purposes of this Act and any subsidiary legislation madethereunder, without prejudice to any other method of making known
to a person the quantity of any goods expressed in a particular manner,that quantity shall be deemed to be made known to that person —(a) if the goods are weighed or otherwise measured or counted,
as the case may require, in the presence of that person;(b) if the goods are made up in or on a container marked with astatement in writing of the quantity of the goods expressedin the manner in question and the container is readily
available for inspection by that person; or(c) upon such a statement in writing being delivered to that
person.
(3) Where the Minister by order provides that this subsection is to
apply, in the case of such goods in such circumstances as are specified
in the order, to any requirement so specified under this Act or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder with respect to the making
known to the buyer of the quantity by weight of such goods sold byretail, then, in any case to which the order applies, that requirement
shall be deemed to be satisfied if the goods are bought at premises atwhich any weighing instrument of such description as may beprescribed —(a) is kept available by the occupier of those premises for use
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(c) is reserved for use for that purpose at all times while thosepremises are open for retail transactions,and a notice of the availability of the instrument for such use isdisplayed in a position on the premises where it may be readily seen
by any such prospective buyer.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](4) For the purposes of this Act and any subsidiary legislation madethereunder, a person shall not be deemed to weigh or otherwise
measure or count any goods in the presence of any other person unlesshe causes any instrument used for the purpose to be so placed, and so
conducts the operation of weighing or otherwise measuring or
counting the goods, as to permit that other person a clear andunobstructed view of the instrument, if any, and of the operation, andof any indication of quantity given by any such instrument as theresult of that operation.
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Selling by retail by weight, measure or number
28A.—(1) Any person who offers or exposes for sale by retail byweight, measure or number goods which are not pre-packaged when
so offered or exposed for sale shall weigh, measure or count the
goods —(a) at the time of sale;(b) in the presence of the buyer; and(c) in the case of goods sold by weight or measure, by means ofa suitable weighing or measuring instrument.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) Any person who offers or exposes for sale by retail by weight,
measure or number goods which are pre-packaged and weighed,measured or counted before they are so offered or exposed for sale atthe premises or place where they are so offered or exposed for saleshall, at the request of the buyer, weigh, measure or count the goods —(a) in the presence of the buyer; and(b) in the case of goods sold by weight or measure, by means ofa suitable weighing or measuring instrument.
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44(3) Every weighing or measuring instrument used to weigh or
measure goods for the purposes of this section and any necessary
weights or measures shall be so situated that the weighing or
measuring of the goods and the recorded or indicated weight ormeasurement of the goods can be easily seen by the buyer.
(4) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an
offence.
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PART VADMINISTRATION
Administration of Act
29.—(1) The Board shall be responsible for the administration ofthis Act subject to the general and special directions of the Minister.
(2) The Board may appoint a Controller of Weights and Measuresand such other number of inspectors of weights and measures andother officers as it thinks necessary (under whatever title the Board
may from time to time determine) for the purposes of this Act, whoshall discharge their functions and duties, and exercise their powers,
subject to the direction and control of the Board.
(3) All officers appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be
public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
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Appointment of Authorised Verifiers
29A.—(1) The Board may appoint any person to be an Authorised
Verifier for the purposes of this Act and any subsidiary legislation
made thereunder.
(2) Any person who desires to be appointed as an Authorised
Verifier shall make an application for appointment to the Board inaccordance with regulations made under this Act.
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(b) advertise or hold himself out or conduct himself in any way
or by any means as a person who is authorised to act as an
Authorised Verifier for any purpose under this Act or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder,
unless he has been appointed by the Board under subsection (1) as an
Authorised Verifier.
(4) No Authorised Verifier shall, for the purposes ofsection 7A(3)(a), use any working standard or testing instrument
which he knows or has reason to suspect is false or unjust.
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (3) or (4) shall be guiltyof an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding$10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or toboth.
(6) Without prejudice to section 30, for the purposes of ensuring
compliance by an Authorised Verifier with this Act or any subsidiarylegislation made thereunder, an inspector may —(a) require the Authorised Verifier to produce within such
period as the inspector may specify —(i) any working standard or testing instrument used bythat Authorised Verifier for the purposes ofsection 7A(3)(a), and may examine and test suchstandard and instrument; and(ii) any document in the possession or under the controlof that Authorised Verifier, and may take copies of or
extracts from any such document;(b) require the Authorised Verifier to furnish, within such
period as the inspector may specify, such information or
particulars as the inspector may require; and(c) enter and inspect any premises at which the Authorised
Verifier carries out any inspection or testing of any
weighing or measuring instrument or the affixing of any
stamp or Accuracy Label on such instrument.
(7) Any Authorised Verifier who fails to comply with any
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shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
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General powers of inspection and entry
30.—(1) Subject to the production if so requested of his authority inwriting, an inspector or a police officer may at all reasonable times —(a) inspect and test any weighing or measuring instrument
which is, or which he has reasonable cause to believe to be,used for trade or in the possession of any person or upon
any premises for such use;(b) inspect any goods to which any of the provisions of this Act
or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time
being applies or which he has reasonable cause to believe tobe such goods;(c) enter any premises at which he has reasonable cause tobelieve there to be any such instrument or goods, not being
premises used only as a private dwelling-house.
[30/2005 wef 01/01/2006](2) A police officer and an inspector subject to the production if sorequested of the inspector’s authority in writing, may at any time seize
and detain —(a) any article which he has reasonable cause to believe isliable to be forfeited under this Act; and(b) any document displayed with any goods offered or exposed
for sale which relates to the price or quantity of the goods
and which the inspector has reason to believe may berequired as evidence in proceedings under this Act.
(3) An inspector entering any premises by virtue of this section may
take with him such other persons and such instrument as may appear
to him necessary.
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trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in theperformance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.
Powers of arrest, etc.
31.—(1) Any police officer or inspector may arrest without warrant
any person committing in his view or who he has reasonable cause tobelieve has committed an offence under this Act or any subsidiarylegislation made thereunder.
(2) A person arrested under this section may be detained at any
police station or at the office of the Controller to be dealt with inaccordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code[Cap. 68] and shall not be detained longer than is necessary forbringing him before a Magistrate’s Court.
(3) An offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation madethereunder shall be deemed to be a seizable offence for the purposes of
the Criminal Procedure Code and an inspector may exercise any of thespecial powers relating to investigation of seizable offences conferred
upon a police officer by that Code.
Power to require recall of weighing or measuring instrument
supplied
31A.—(1) Where any person has supplied any weighing or
measuring instrument which is, or which the Controller has reason
to believe is, in contravention of this Act or any subsidiary legislation
made thereunder, the Controller may require the person to effect arecall of any weighing or measuring instrument supplied by him.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with a requirement of theController made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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PART VIMISCELLANEOUS
Obstruction of inspectors
32.—(1) Any person who —(a) wilfully obstructs an inspector acting in the execution ofthis Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder;(b) wilfully fails to comply with any requirement properly
made of him by an inspector under section 24 or 25; or(c) without reasonable cause fails to give any inspector acting
as aforesaid any other assistance or information which theinspector may reasonably require of him for the purposes ofthe performance by the inspector of his functions under thisAct or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If any person, in giving to an inspector any such information as ismentioned in subsection (1), gives any information which he knows to
be false, he shall be guilty of an offence.
Composition of offences
33.—(1) The Controller may compound any offence under this Act
and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder by accepting from theperson reasonably suspected of having committed such offence a sum
not exceeding $2,000.
(2) Any sum of money received by way of composition as aforesaid
shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Jurisdiction
34. All offences under this Act and any subsidiary legislation madethereunder may be prosecuted and all fines and forfeiture under thisAct and the subsidiary legislation may be recovered before a
Magistrates’ Court or District Court.

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Penalties
35.—(1) Any person guilty of an offence under section 11(1), 11(2),14(1), 14(3), 19(1), 19(2) or 32(1), shall be liable on conviction to afine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
3 months or to both.
(2) Any person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Act
other than those mentioned in subsection (1) shall be liable onconviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(3) No contract for the sale or carriage for reward of any goods shallbe void by reason only of a contravention of any provision of this Act
or of any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, with respect to any
document which is, or is required by that provision to be, associatedwith the goods.
Offences by corporations
36.—(1) Where an offence under, or under any instrument madeunder, this Act or any enactment falling to be repealed thereby which
has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have beencommitted with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable toany neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or othersimilar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was
purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate
shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to beproceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) In subsection (1), “director”, in relation to any body corporate
established under any written law, being a body corporate whose
affairs are managed by the members thereof, means a member of thatbody corporate.
Fees, etc., collected by Board
36A. All fees, charges and moneys collected under this Act, otherthan composition sums, shall be paid to the Board.
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Exemption
36B. The Board may, subject to the general or special directions of
the Minister, and by order published in the Gazette, exempt —(a) any person or class of persons; and(b) any weighing or measuring instrument or class of weighing
or measuring instruments,from all or any of the provisions of this Act or any subsidiarylegislation made thereunder, subject to such terms and conditions as
the Board may impose.
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Regulations
37. The Minister may make regulations generally for carrying out
the purposes and provisions of this Act and, in particular, may makeregulations —(a) to provide for the form and manner of the application forappointment as an Authorised Verifier;(b) to provide for the qualifications and other requirements for
Authorised Verifiers;(c) to provide for the conditions and duration of appointment
of Authorised Verifiers;(d) to provide for the practice and conduct of Authorised
Verifiers, including the carrying out of any work ofAuthorised Verifiers specified in this Act or any
subsidiary legislation made thereunder, the use of anymeans of giving publicity to their practice and the use of
titles and qualifications;(e) to prohibit absolutely or conditionally, or to regulate the
manufacture, import or supply of any weighing or
measuring instrument, whether in all cases or in any
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(ii) any person involved in the manufacture, import or
supply of any weighing or measuring instrument,
whether in all cases or in any specified case or class of casesand subject to such exceptions as may be made by theregulations;(g) to provide for the determination of the weighed averagequantity of goods for the purposes of section 19,
including —(i) the statistical basis or method by which packages areto be selected for counting, examining, measuring or
weighing;(ii) the statistical basis or method by which the minimum
number of packages to be selected is to be set;(iii) the circumstances, if any, in which the minimum
number of packages to be selected may be varied;(iv) the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight,
measure or number of goods in a single selected
package; and(v) the maximum amount of error allowed in the weight,
measure or number of goods in a group of selected
packages examined at one time;(h) to prescribe fees and charges for any purpose of this Act or
any subsidiary legislation made thereunder; and(i) to prescribe anything which is to be or may be prescribedunder this Act.
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Orders
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Application to the Government
39.—(1) The President may, by order published in the Gazette,provide for the application to the Government of such of theprovisions of this Act or of any subsidiary legislation madethereunder as may be specified in the order, with such exceptions,
adaptations and modifications as may be so specified.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an ordermade under this Act may make special provisions for the enforcementof any provisions applied by the order and in particular as to theperson liable to be proceeded against for any offence under any suchprovision.
(3) An order made under this section may be varied or revoked bysubsequent orders so made.
Savings
40.—(1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe the transactions
in which, notwithstanding anything in this Act, it shall be lawful to use
any unit of the local customary weights and measures as may be
specified in the Third Schedule and having the values defined therein.
(2) The Minister may, from time to time, by order amend theThird Schedule by removing any unit of measurement of length, of
area, of volume, of capacity, or of mass or weight, as the case may be.
(3) Where any weighing or measuring instrument was being used
for trade immediately before the date of commencement of the
Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act 2005 in compliance withthis Act in force immediately before that date —(a) nothing in section 7 shall prevent the continued use fortrade of that weighing or measuring instrument
notwithstanding that it does not have an Accuracy Labelaffixed to it; and(b) subject to subsection (4), nothing in section 7A or 7B shallprevent the weighing or measuring instrument from being
affixed with a stamp or Accuracy Label notwithstandingthat no letter of pattern approval has been issued in respectof that weighing or measuring instrument.
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(4) Subsection (3)(b) shall not apply to any weighing or measuring
instrument specified by the Board in a notification published in theGazette.
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Transitional provision
41. Notwithstanding the repeal of the Weights and Measures Act[1970 Ed., Cap. 263], any weighing or measuring equipment tested,passed and stamped under that Act shall be deemed to have beentested, passed and stamped under a corresponding provision of thisAct.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Sections 3(2) and 6(1), (5), (6) and (7)DEFINITIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT (METRIC UNITS)
PART I
Measurement of Length
Kilometre= 1000 metres

Metre= The metre as defined under the Convention of the Metre
1875

Decimetre= 1/10 metre

Centimetre= 1/100 metre

Millimetre= 1/1000 metre.
PART II
Measurement of Area

Hectare= 100 ares

Dekare= 10 ares

Are= 100 square metres

Square metre= A superficial area equal to that of a square each side ofwhich measures one metre

Square decimeter= 1/100 square metre

Square centimeter= 1/100 square decimeter

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FIRST SCHEDULE — continued
Square millimeter= 1/100 square centimetre.
PART III
Measurement of Volume

Cubic metre= A volume equal to that of a cube each edge of whichmeasures one metre

Cubic decimeter= 1/1000 cubic metre

Cubic centimeter= 1/1000 cubic decimeterPART IV
Measurement of Capacity

Hectolitre= 100 litres

Litre= 1/1000 cubic metre

Decilitre= 1/10 litre

Centilitre= 1/100 litre

Millilitre= 1/1000 litre.
PART V
Measurement of Mass or Weight

Metric ton= 1000 kilograms

Quintal= 100 kilograms

Kilogram= The kilogram as defined under the Convention of the
Metre 1875

Hectogram= 1/10 kilogramGram= 1/1000 kilogram

Carat (metric)= 1/5 gramMilligram= 1/1000 gram.
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Section 4(3), (6) and (7)MEASURES AND WEIGHTS (METRIC SYSTEM)
PART I
Linear Measure
Measures of —.

20 metres

100 millimetres

10 metres

50 millimetres

2 metres20 millimetres

1 metre10 millimetres

500 millimetres

1 decimetre

200 millimetres

1 centimetre.
PART II
Measures of Volume

Measures of —.

any multiple of 1 cubic decimetre in cubic form

100 millilitres

10 litres

50 millilitres

5 litres20 millilitres

2 litres10 millilitres

1 litre5 millilitres

500 millilitres

2 millilitres

200 millilitres

1 millilitre.
PART III
Weights

1. Weights of —.

1000 kilograms

4 grams

500 kilograms

3 grams

250 kilograms

2 grams

100 kilograms

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50 kilograms

500 milligrams

20 kilograms

400 milligrams

15 kilograms

300 milligrams

10 kilograms

200 milligrams

5 kilograms

150 milligrams

2 kilograms

0.5 milligrams

1 kilogram

0.2 milligrams

15 grams

0.1 milligrams.

2. Weights of —500 carats (metric)

1 carat (metric)

200 carats (metric)

0.5 carat (metric)

100 carats (metric)

0.25 carat (metric)

50 carats (metric)

0.2 carat (metric)

20 carats (metric)

0.1 carat (metric)

10 carats (metric)

0.05 carat (metric)

5 carats (metric)

0.02 carat (metric)

2 carats (metric)

0.01 carat (metric).
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THIRD SCHEDULE
Section 40

CUSTOMARY WEIGHTS
1 Hoon= 1/10 Chee= ...

= 0.377994 grams

1 Chee= 1/10 Tahil= ...

= 3.77994 grams

1 Tahil= ...

= 1 1/3 ozs= 37.7994 grams

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16 Tahils= 1 Kati= 1 1/3 lbs= 0.6048 kilogram.
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORYWEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT(CHAPTER 349)
This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Weights
and Measures Act. It is not part of the Act.
1. Act 51 of 1975 — Weights and Measures Act 1975
Date of First Reading: 11 November 1975
(Bill No. 40/75 published on
11 November 1975)

Date of Second and Third Readings: 20 November 1975

Date of commencement: 1 January 1976

2. Act 1 of 1980 — Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act
Date of First Reading: 11 December 1979
(Bill No. 1/79 published on
17 December 1979)

Date of Second and Third Readings: 26 February 1980

Date of commencement: 5 April 1980

3. 1985 Revised Edition — Weights and Measures Act
Date of operation: 30 March 1987

4. G. N. No. S 22/1989 — Revised Edition of the Laws (Rectification)
Order 1989
Date of commencement: 30 March 1987

5. Act 30 of 2005 — Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act 2005
Date of First Reading: 18 July 2005
(Bill No. 20/2005 published on
19 July 2005)

Date of Second and Third Readings: 15 August 2005

Date of commencement: 1 January 2006

6. Act 54 of 2007 — Agency for Science, Technology and Research(Amendment) Act 2007
(Consequential amendments made to Act by)
Date of First Reading: 22 October 2007
(Bill No. 45/2007 published on
23 October 2007)

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Date of Second and Third Readings: 12 November 2007

Date of commencement: 1 January 2008

7. Act 10 of 2018 — Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018
Date of First Reading: 8 January 2018 (Bill No. 3/2018
published on 8 January 2018)

Date of Second and Third Readings: 5 February 2018

Date of commencement: 1 April 2018

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