Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Standard weights and measures
(1)
There is to be maintained by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research established under section 3 of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research Act 1990 or any other person that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify the standards of the metre and kilogram (called in this Act the Singapore standards) by reference to which all other standards of —
those units; and
any other unit of measurement derived wholly or partly from any of those units,are maintained.
(2)
The Minister must from time to time as may appear to him or her expedient cause —
the value of each of the Singapore standards to be determined or redetermined; and
any authorised copy of any of those standards to be compared with, and its value determined or redetermined by reference to, that standard,in any manner that the Minister may direct.
(3)
The reference standards consist of standards of all the measures set out in Parts 1 and 2, and the weights set out in Part 3, of the Second Schedule other than capacity measures of more than 10 litres; and any such standard must be constructed and, while it remains in use, from time to time have its value or values redetermined by reference to one or more of the Singapore standards maintained under subsection (1).
(4)
The Minister may by order amend the Second Schedule by adding to or removing from Part 1 or 2 of that Schedule any linear or capacity measure or from Part 3 of that Schedule any weight.
(5)
The Controller must provide for use by the inspectors and maintain or from time to time replace the standards of the measures and weights set out in the Second Schedule, and the instruments for testing and the affixing of stamps and Accuracy Labels that the Controller may from time to time approve or require as being proper and sufficient for the efficient discharge of their duties.