Section 3

The metre is the unit of measurement of length and the kilogram is the unit of measurement of mass by reference to which any measurement involving a measurement of length or mass is to be made in Singapore.

The First Schedule has effect for defining, for the purposes of measurements falling to be made in Singapore, the units of 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 in Part 5 of that Schedule, in the same terms as its mass.