Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Other offences in connection with instruments
(1)
If any person uses for trade, or has in the person’s possession for use for trade, any weighing or measuring instrument which is false or unjust, the person shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.
(2)
Without affecting the liability of any weighing or measuring instrument to be forfeited, it is a defence for any person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show —
in respect of the use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —
the person used the instrument only in the course of his or her employment by some other person; and
the person neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust; or
in respect of the use for trade or the possession for use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —
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
the person neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust.
(3)
If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or measuring instrument for trade, the person committing the fraud and any other person who is a party to the fraud shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.