Section 20A
Offence in connection with stamping instrument
of Weights and Measures Act 1972
Subject to subsection (2), any person who, not being an
Inspector—
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(a)
marks in any manner any plug or seal or plate designed for use for the reception of a stamp of verification;
(b)
except as permitted by or under this Act, in any way alters or defaces any stamp of verification;
(c)
forges or counterfeits any stamp of verification;
(d)
removes any stamp of verification and affixes or attaches it to any other weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring;
(e)
makes any alterations to any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring after it has been stamped such as to make it false or unjust; or
(f)
severs or otherwise tampers with any wire, cord or other thing by means of which a stamp of verification is attached to the weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring, 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.
(2)
It shall not be an offence for any person licensed by the Chief
Inspector as a manufacturer or repairer of weights or measures or instrument for weighing or measuring who does anything described in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (f) in the course of any adjustment or repairs of weights or measures or instruments for weighing or measuring.