National Measurement System Act 2007 · Updated to 1 Nov 2017 · Part II · Units of Measurement
5. Measurement to be expressed in units of measurement
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Upon the coming into operation of this Act, every measurement of measurable quantity shall be made in compliance with the requirements under this Act, and if not so made the measurement shall be considered void.
measurable quantity
“measurable quantity” means the attribute of a phenomenon body or substance that may be distinguished qualitatively and determined quantitatively;
If—
reference is made in any other written law to a unit of measurement of a measurable quantity; and
there is another unit of measurement of that measurable quantity having the same name, the reference shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be deemed to be a reference to the units of measurement under this Act.
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Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to affect the validity of any measurement made in the unit of measurement of a measurable quantity that, at the time the measurement was made, was the unit of measurement of that measurable quantity.
Terms defined in s 3
measurable quantity
Defined · s 3“measurable quantity” means the attribute of a phenomenon body or substance that may be distinguished qualitatively and determined quantitatively;
national measurement system
Defined · s 3“national measurement system” means the technical and organizational infrastructure related to measurement within Malaysia that enables individuals and organizations in Malaysia to make measurements competently and accurately and which are traceable to the National Measurement Standards;
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;
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