Singapore legislation
Section 24
Section 24
Special powers of inspector with respect to certain goods
(1)
Subject to subsection (3), where any person —
makes in any manner any representation as to the quantity of any goods offered or exposed for sale by the person;
has in the person’s possession or charge awaiting or in the course of delivery to the buyer any goods which have been sold or agreed to be sold, and the sale is, or purports to be, or is required by this Act to be, by quantity expressed in a particular manner, or is such that the quantity of the goods sold is required by any provision of this Act to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time; or
has in the person’s possession or charge for sale, or awaiting or in the course of delivery to a buyer after they have been sold or agreed to be sold, any goods prepacked or otherwise made up in or on a container for sale or for delivery after sale which are required by this Act to be prepacked, or to be otherwise so made up (as the case may be), only in particular quantities or only if the container is marked with particular information, or any goods prepacked 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 particular quantities,the powers of an inspector under section 30 include power to require that person either to do in the inspector’s presence, or to permit the inspector to do, all or any of the following things:
weigh or otherwise measure or count the goods;
weigh any container in or on which the goods are made up;
if necessary for the purposes of either paragraph (d) or (e), 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.
(2)
Where the container or package of any prepacked goods is broken open under subsection (1), the inspector is not under any obligation to re‑seal the container or package or pay for the goods, whether on behalf of the Controller or otherwise.
(3)
Nothing in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) applies 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(8)(b)(i), (ii) or (iii).