Singapore legislation
Regulation 109
Regulation 109
Determination of alcoholic strength
Subregulation 1
Where the Director-General requires any bottle of intoxicating liquor to be tested under regulation 108(3) to determine the alcoholic strength of the intoxicating liquor under the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) System, the test shall be carried out by any of the following means:
by using the “e” inscribed glass alcohol hydrometer defined in Council Directive 76/765/EEC of the European Economic Community and the Practical Alcohol Tables, Volume 2 issued by the Commission of the European Communities in 1978 in Luxembourg; or
by means of a specific gravity bottle.
Subregulation 2
For the purpose of determining the alcoholic strength of any bottle of intoxicating liquor under paragraph (1), a distilled sample of the liquor shall be used.