Section 12
Units of measurement, weights and measures lawful for use for trade
of Weights and Measures Act 1972
(1)
No person shall—
(a)
use for trade any unit of measurement of length, area, volume or mass or weight which is not included in the First
Schedule and Second Schedule to the National
Measurement System Act 2007; or
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(b)
use for trade, or have in his possession for use for trade, any linear, square, cubic or capacity measure which is not included in the Second Schedule or any weight which is not so included.
(2)
Save as may be prescribed and subject to any regulations made under section 29—
(a)
a linear measure specified in Part 1 of the Second Schedule may be marked in whole or in part with divisions and subdivisions representing any shorter length or lengths;
(b)
no capacity measure specified in Part 4 of the said Second
Schedule shall be used for trade by means of any division or subdivision marked thereon as a capacity measure of any lesser quantity.
(2A)
The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Second Schedule.
(3)
Any person who contravenes any of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding forty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both. Any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring used or in any person’s possession for use in contravention of any of those provisions shall be liable to be forfeited.