Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Power to adapt, etc.
(1)
The Minister may by order provide for the adaptation, alteration, conversion or modification of any provisions contained in any written law relating to such departments and subjects as may be appropriate for the purpose of replacing references to units other than metric units contained in the written law with references to units of the International System of Units which are either —
(a)
equivalent; or
(b)
such approximations as appear to the Minister desirable for the purpose of securing that the enactments as adapted, altered, converted or modified are expressed in convenient terms.
(2)
Any order made under subsection (1) must be published in the Gazette.