WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017

Except for paragraphs 2(a) and 11(b) and sections 12 and 13, this Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the

Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 12

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2a)  The Minister may, by order published in the

Gazette, amend the Second Schedule.”; and

in subsection (3), by substituting for the word “four” the word “forty”.

Amendment of section 14

in subsection (3), by substituting for the word “one” the word “ten”;

in subsection (5), by substituting for the word “three”

the words “twenty-five”;

in subsection (6), by substituting for the words “five hundred” the words “five thousand”;

in subsection (9), by substituting for the word “one” the word “ten”; and

in subsection (10), by substituting for the word “three”

the words “twenty-five”.

Amendment of section 16

in subsection (2), by substituting for the word “four” the word “forty”; and

Weights and Measures (Amendment)

in subsection (3), by substituting for the word “five” the word “fifty”.

Amendment of section 19

in subsection (2), by substituting for the word “four” the word “forty”; and

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(3)  For the purpose of subsection (1), any person who fails to disclose or omits to give any relevant information, document or evidence, or provides, as true, any information, document or evidence that he knows or has reason to believe to be false or misleading shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years or to both.”.

Amendment of section 29

by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:

“Maximum permissible errors”; and

in subsections (1) and (2), by substituting for the words

“limits of error” the words “maximum permissible errors”.

KUALA LUMPUR