Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Weights and Measures (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 14

Section 14 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “weighing or measuring equipment” in subsections (1) and (3) and substituting in each case the words “weighing or measuring instrument”;

(b)

by deleting the word “equipment” in subsections (1) and (3) and substituting in each case the word “instrument”;

(c)

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Without prejudice to the liability of any weighing or measuring instrument to be forfeited, it shall be a defence for any person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show —

(a)

in respect of the use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —

(i)

he used the instrument only in the course of his employment by some other person; and

(ii)

he neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust; or

(b)

in respect of the use for trade or the possession for use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —

(i)

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

(ii)

he neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust.”; and

(d)

by deleting the word “equipment” in the marginal note and substituting the word “instruments”.

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