Short title, application and commencement
Open ↗(1) This Act may be cited as the Weights and Measures Act 1972.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (3), this Act shall apply to the whole of Malaysia.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), this Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
(4) The Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of this Act for different States in Malaysia or for different provisions of this Act or for different classes of undertakings or transactions or for different classes of movable or immovable properties:
Provided that the Minister shall in any case bring all the provisions of this Act into force for all States in Malaysia before the expiration of ten years from the date of the publication of this Act.
Interpretation
Open ↗(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
“Chief Inspector”, “Deputy Chief Inspector” and “Inspector” means respectively the Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures, the Deputy Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures and the Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section 26;
“Custodian” means the Custodian of Weights and Measures referred to in section 25;
“instrument for weighing or measuring” means any instrument or machine for measuring in terms of length, area, volume, capacity, time, weight, number or any other quantity, and in the case of an instrument for weighing, includes the weights used in connection therewith;
“International System of Units” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement System Act 2007 [Act 675];
“licensed company” means the company to which a licence is granted by the Minister under subsection 26a(1);
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for domestic trade and consumer affairs;
“National Measurement Standards” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement System Act 2007;
“National Measurement Standards Laboratory” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the National Measurement System Act 2007;
“premises” includes any shop or stall, and any vehicle, vessel, building, structure or place, whether opened or closed, used for trade;
“public weighing or measuring instrument” means any instrument for weighing or measuring which is made available for use by the public, and for the use of which a charge is made;
“stamp of verification” means a mark for use as evidence of the approval of any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring as fit for use, whether applied by impression, casting, engraving, etching, branding, affixing or otherwise;
“Working Standards” means the Working Standards of mass and measure referred to in section 9.
(2) For the purpose of expressing the weight of any thing at any place in Malaysia the weight of such thing shall be deemed to be in the same term as its mass at that place.
(3) The stamping of any weight or measure or instrument for weighing or measuring referred to in this Act means the application by an Inspector of Weights and Measures of a stamp of verification on such weight or measure or instrument for weighing and measuring pursuant to section 14. Such application of a stamp of verification may be made by such means or in such manner as the Minister may by regulations prescribe and in this Act unless the context otherwise requires the expression “stamp” with its grammatical variations shall be construed accordingly.
