Section 32
Transitional provisions
of Weights and Measures Act 1972
Where any or all of the provisions of this Act have come into force in respect of any State in Malaysia or any class of undertakings or transactions or any class of movable or immovable properties the Minister may, from time to time by notification in the
Gazette, permit the continuance of the use of such units of measurement or such weights or measures or instruments for weighing or measuring as may be specified in the notification in respect of the
State in Malaysia, class of undertakings or transactions or class of movable or immovable properties as the case may be in addition to the use of the units of the International System of Units and the weights and measures specified in the Second Schedule for such period not exceeding five years from the date of the publication of the notification as the Minister may determine:
Provided that the Minister shall not determine a period in any notification made pursuant to this subsection such that the date of the expiry of the period will be inconsistent with the proviso to subsection 1(4).
(2)
Where a notification is made by the Minister permitting the continuance of the use of any units of measurement, or any weights or measures or instruments for weighing or measuring pursuant to subsection (1), the use of such units of measurement or weights or measures or instruments for weighing or measuring in the manner and during the period specified in that notification shall have legal force and validity and nothing in Part III of this Act shall subject a person to a penalty for such use.