Singapore legislation
Clause 7
Clause 7
Weighing or measuring equipment for use for trade
(1)
This section shall apply to the use for trade of weighing or measuring equipment of such classes or descriptions as may be prescribed.
(2)
No person shall use any article for trade as equipment to which this section applies, or have any article in his possession for such use, unless that article, or equipment to which this section applies in which that article is incorporated or to the operation of which the use of that article is incidental, has been passed by an inspector as fit for such used and, except as otherwise expressly provided under this Act, bears a stamp indicating that it has been so passed which remains undefaced otherwise than by reason of fair wear and tear.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and any article in respect of which the offence was committed shall be liable to be forfeited.
(4)
Any person requiring any equipment to which this section applies to be passed as fit for use for trade shall submit the equipment to an inspector in such manner as the Controller may direct and, subject to the provisions of this Act and any regulations made under section 10 and to the payment by that person of the prescribed fee, the inspector shall —
test the equipment by means of such working standards and testing equipment as he considers appropriate or, subject to any conditions which may be prescribed, by means of other equipment which has already been tested and which the inspector considers suitable for the purpose;
if the equipment submitted falls within the prescribed limits of error, give to the person submitting it a certificate in writing to the effect that it is passed as aforesaid; and
except as otherwise expressly provided for under this Act, cause it to be stamped with the prescribed stamp,and each inspector shall keep a record of every such test carried out by him;Provided that, except as otherwise expressly provided under this Act, no weight or measure shall be stamped as mentioned in paragraph (c) unless it has been marked in the prescribed manner with its purported value.
(5)
Where any equipment submitted to an inspector under subsection (4) is of a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval granted under section 8 is for the time being in force, or of such a pattern modified only in a manner for the time being authorised by the Controller under that section, the inspector shall not refuse to pass or stamp the equipment on the ground that it is not suitable for use for trade:Provided that if the inspector is of the opinion that the equipment is intended for use for trade for a particular purpose for which it is not suitable, he may refuse to pass or stamp it until the matter has been referred to the Controller, and the Controller’s decision shall be final.
(6)
The requirements of subsections (2) and (4) with respect to stamping and marking shall not apply to any weight or measure which is too small to be stamped or marked in accordance with those requirements.
(7)
In the case of any equipment which is required by regulations made under section 10 to be passed and stamped under this section only after it has been installed at the place where it is to be used for trade, if after the equipment has been so passed and stamped it is dismantled and reinstalled, whether in the same or some other place, it shall not be used for trade after being so reinstalled until it has been retested by an inspector; and if any person knowingly uses that equipment in contravention of this subsection, or knowingly causes or permits any other person so to use it, or knowing that the equipment is required by virtue of this subsection to be retested disposes of it to some other person without informing him of that requirement, he shall be guilty of an offence and the equipment shall be liable to be forfeited.