Section 20
of Weights and Measures Act 1972
Section 20
Any person who forges or counterfeits any certificate issued or any stamp used for stamping under this Act in respect of any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring, or wilfully increases or diminishes a weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring so stamped, 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.
(2)
Any person who has in his possession for use for trade any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring stamped under this Act but subsequently found to be false shall be deemed, until the contrary be proved, to have wilfully increased or diminished or otherwise tampered with such weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring.
(3)
Any person who has in his possession without any lawful excuse or who uses as genuine any certificate or stamp which he knows or has reason to believe to be a counterfeit or forgery of any certificate issued or any stamp used for stamping under this Act 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.