Weights and Measures Act

Marginal note:Marking commodities for sale

• 9 (1) No trader shall sell, offer for sale or have in their possession for sale on the basis of number or measure any commodity, unless its quantity is stated accurately within prescribed limits of error and in the manner prescribed in terms of number or units of measurement of length, area, volume or capacity, or mass or weight on the following items, as may be prescribed:

  • (a) the commodity;

  • (b) the package containing the commodity; or

  • (c) a shipping bill, bill of lading or other document accompanying the commodity.

• Marginal note:Application

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any commodity that has been packaged, on the basis of number or measure, or labelled, in terms of number or a unit of measurement, as required or authorized by or under any other Act of Parliament.