Weights and Measures (Amendment) Bill |
Bill No. 41/1970
Read the first time on 4th November 1970. |
An Act to amend the Weights and Measures Ordinance (Chapter 230 of the Revised Edition) to provide for the use of the International System of Units to be included in the use of weights and measures in Singapore. |
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: — |
Short title and commencement |
1. This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Amendment) Act, 1970, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. |
Amendment of section 2 |
Repeal and re-enactment of section 3 |
3. Section 3 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —
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Amendment of section 5 |
4. Subsection (3) of section 5 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the words “fifty” and “one hundred” appearing in the fourth and in the fifth lines thereof and substituting therefor the words “five hundred” and “one thousand” respectively. |
Amendment of section 7 |
5. Subsection (4) of section 7 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the word “fifty” appearing therein and substituting therefor the words “five hundred”. |
Amendment of section 8 |
6. Section 8 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —
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Repeal and re-enactment of section 9 |
7. Section 9 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —
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Repeal and re-enactment of section 10 |
8. Section 10 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —
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Amendment of section 11 |
9. Subsection (1) of section 11 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the words “fifty” and “one hundred” appearing in the fifth and in the sixth lines thereof and substituting therefor the words “five hundred” and “one thousand” respectively. |
Amendment of section 12 |
10. Section 12 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the words “fifty” and “one hundred” appearing in the fourth and in the fifth lines thereof and substituting therefor the words “five hundred” and “one thousand” respectively. |
Amendment of section 13 |
11. Subsection (1) of section 13 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the words “two hundred” and “five hundred” appearing in the eleventh and in the twelfth lines thereof and substituting therefor the words “five hundred” and “one thousand” respectively. |
Amendment of section 14 |
12. Subsection (1) of section 14 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the words “five hundred” appearing therein and substituting therefor the words “two thousand”. |
Amendment of section 19 |
13. Section 19 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the word “goods” appearing at the end thereof the following: —
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Amendment of section 21 |
14. Section 21 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —
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Amendment of Schedule |
15. Schedule A to the Ordinance is hereby amended —
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