National Measurement System Act 2007 · Updated to 1 Nov 2017 · Part II · Units of Measurement
4. Units of measurement
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The only units of measurement to be used throughout
units of measurement
“units of measurement” means a particular measurable quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity;
Malaysia shall be the units known as International System of
Units.
The International System of Units shall comprise—
International System of Units
“International System of Units” means the coherent system measurement units as described in subsection 4(2) and the abbreviation “SI” wherever refers to in this Act shall be recognized as referring to such International System of Units;
the base units as specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule;
the derived units as specified in Part 2 of the First
Schedule; and
all multiples and submultiples of the base units as specified in Part 3 of the First Schedule.
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.
The Malaysian Standard Time shall be the basis for the measurement of civil time.
Malaysian Standard Time
“Malaysian Standard Time” means the time as given by coordinated universal time plus eight hours based on the time zone of Longitude 120° East.
Terms defined in s 3
International System of Units
Defined · s 3“International System of Units” means the coherent system measurement units as described in subsection 4(2) and the abbreviation “SI” wherever refers to in this Act shall be recognized as referring to such International System of Units;
Malaysian Standard Time
Defined · s 3“Malaysian Standard Time” means the time as given by coordinated universal time plus eight hours based on the time zone of Longitude 120° East.
units of measurement
Defined · s 3“units of measurement” means a particular measurable quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity;
Part III
National Measurement Standards Laboratory
Part IV
National Measurement Council
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