Weights and Measures Act 1975 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Weighing and Measuring for Trade
14. Other offences in connection with instruments
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If any person uses for trade, or has in the person’s possession for use for trade, any weighing or measuring instrument which is false or unjust, the person shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.
use for trade
“use for trade” means, subject to subsection (2), use in Singapore in connection with, or with a view to, a transaction for —(a)the transferring or rendering of money or money’s worth in consideration of money or money’s worth; or(b)the making of a payment in respect of any toll or duty,where —(c)the transaction is by reference to quantity or is a transaction for the purposes of which there is made or implied a statement of the quantity of goods to which the transaction relates; and(d)the use is for the purpose of the determination or statement of that quantity.(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where —(a)the determination or statement is a determination or statement of the quantity of goods required for despatch to a destination outside Singapore; and(b)no transfer or rendering of money or money’s worth is involved other than the passing of the title to the goods and the consideration therefor.(3) Any weighing or measuring instrument which is made available in Singapore for use by the public, whether on payment or otherwise, is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as weighing or measuring instrument in use for trade, whether or not it would apart from this subsection be so treated. For the purposes of this Act,
Without affecting the liability of any weighing or measuring instrument to be forfeited, it is a defence for any person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to show —
weighing or measuring instrument
“weighing or measuring instrument” means an instrument for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, weight or number, whether or not the instrument is constructed to give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by reference to that measurement, and includes any article used as a weighing or measuring instrument.
in respect of the use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —
the person used the instrument only in the course of his or her employment by some other person; and
the person neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust; or
in respect of the use for trade or the possession for use for trade of the weighing or measuring instrument, that —
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
the person neither knew, nor had any reason to suspect, that the instrument was false or unjust.
If any fraud is committed in the using of any weighing or measuring instrument for trade, the person committing the fraud and any other person who is a party to the fraud shall be guilty of an offence and the instrument shall be liable to be forfeited.