Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Offences in connection with affixing of stamps and Accuracy Labels on instruments
(1)
Any person who, in the case of any weighing or measuring instrument used or intended to be used for trade —
not being an Authorised Verifier or an inspector or a person acting under the instructions of an Authorised Verifier or inspector —
inspects, tests or passes as fit for use for trade the instrument for the purposes of this Act;
affixes any stamp or Accuracy Label on the instrument; or
marks in any manner any plug or seal used or designed for use for the reception of a stamp;
forges, counterfeits or, except as permitted under this Act, in any way alters or defaces any stamp or Accuracy Label;
removes any stamp or Accuracy Label and inserts it onto any other such instrument; or
makes any alteration in the instrument after it has been affixed with a stamp or an Accuracy Label such as to make it false or unjust,shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
Subsection (1)(a)(iii) and (b) does not apply to the destruction or obliteration of any stamp, plug, seal or Accuracy Label in the course of the adjustment or repair of any weighing or measuring instrument by, or by the duly authorised agent of, a person who is a manufacturer of, 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 the person’s knowledge —
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
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 the commission of the offence, shall be liable to be forfeited.