Section 18
Penalty on manufacture, sale and repair of false weights, etc.
of Weights and Measures Act 1972
(1)
No person shall—
(a)
make or sell or attempt to sell or expose for sale any false or unjust weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring;
(b)
sell or attempt to sell or expose for sale any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring which is not verified and stamped or certified, or authenticated as specified in section 14;
(c)
make or repair for gain or sell or attempt to sell or expose for sale any weight or measure or instrument for weighing
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or measuring unless he is licensed in that behalf in accordance with section 27; or
(d)
make or sell or attempt to sell or expose for sale any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring for use for trade where such weight or measure or instrument presents unusual features which do not conform with such pattern or specifications as the Custodian of Weights and
Measures may by order published in the Gazette prescribe generally for weights or measures or instruments for weighing or measuring, unless such weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring has been approved by the Custodian under subsection 14(5A) and has been verified, stamped, certified or authenticated in accordance with the procedure provided therein.
(2)
Any person contravening any of the 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.
(3)
Any person who makes, sells or attempts to sell, or exposes for sale or repairs any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring which he knows to be false in order that the same may be used as true or knowing that the same is likely to be used as true shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years or to both.
[Sub. by Act A1530; s. 7(b)]
(4)
Where an offence is committed under subsection (2) or (3), any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring relating to such offence shall be liable to be forfeited