Malaysia legislation

Section 4

of NATIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM ACT 2007

Section 4

(2)

The International System of Units shall comprise—

(a)

the base units as specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule;

(b)

the derived units as specified in Part 2 of the First

Schedule; and

(c)

all multiples and submultiples of the base units as specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule.

(3)

Without prejudice to the provision of subsection (1), other units of measurement permitted to be used with International

System of Units are as specified in the Second Schedule.

(4)

The Malaysian Standard Time shall be the basis for the measurement of civil time.

Measurement to be expressed in units of measurement