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Measurement Units, Standards And Service Act (No. 35 of 1995) - Sect 16

Use of any weight or measure the denomination of which is marked thereon

16. No person, shall use for the purpose of any trade, or have in his possession for the use of. any trade-
(a) any weight which purports to be of a denomination equivalent to a denomination specified in Part II of the Third Schedule hereto unless the denomination is marked on the top or side thereof in legible figures and letters ; or
(b) any measure of length or volume which purports to be of a denomination equivalent to a denomination specified in Part II of the Third Schedule hereto unless the denomination is marked on the outside thereof in the case of a measure of volume, or on the front face in the case of a measure of length* in legible figures and letters:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the marking of a denomination of any weight, if the small size of such weight render such marking Impracticable.

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