Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (Qld)

260 (Queenslaub ANNO DUODECIMO ELIZABET HAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 42 of 1963 An Act to Amend "The Weights and Measures Acts, 1951 to 1958 ," in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 18TH DECEMBER, 1963] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows:- 1. (1) Short title . This Act may be cited as " The Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963" (2) Principal Act. " The Weights and Measures Acts, 1951 to 1958," are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as " The Weights and Measures Acts, 1951 to 1963." 2. Amendment of s. 5 . Subsection (4) of section five of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words " the Weights and Measures(National Standards) Act1948 of the Commonwealth and any amendment thereof " and inserting in their stead the words " the Commonwealth Act ".

Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 261 3. Amendments of s. 6 . Section six of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) in subsection (1)- (i.) inserting after the definition "Analyst " the following definition:- "Approving Authority "-The Approving Authority for the time being constituted under section 17A of this Act;"; (ii.) inserting after the definition " Bakehouse " the following definition:- " " Certificate of approval "-A certificate of approval of a pattern or modified pattern of a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument and issued or deemed to have been issued by the Approving Authority under .section 17A or section 17B of this Act;"; (iii.) inserting after the definition " Coal " the following definitions:- " CCommissioonn "-The National Standards Commission constituted under the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Act1948 of the Commonwealth and continued in existence by the Commonwealth Act; " Commonwealth legal unit of measurement "-A unit of measurement prescribed under the Commonwealth Act; " Commonwealth standard of measurement "-A standard of measurement which is a Commonwealth standard of measurement in accordance with the Commonwealth Act;"; (iv.) omitting from the definition " Measuring instrument " the words and brackets " (other than standard measures of extension or capacity) "; (v.) inserting after the definition " Stamp " the following definitions:- " " Subsidiary standard of measurement "-A standard of measurement which is a subsidiary standard of measurement in accordance with the Commonwealth Act: The term includes any standard of measurement which may hereafter be a subsidiary standard of measurement in accordance with the Commonwealth Act; " the Commonwealth Act "-The WeightsandMeasures(National Standards) Act1960 of the Commonwealth: The term includes any Commonwealth Act amending or in substitution for that Act: Where applicable the term also includes regulations made under that Act or under any Commonwealth Act amending or in substitution for that Act; " " the Organisation "-The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation established under the Scienceand Industry Research Act1949-1959 of the Commonwealth;"; (vi.) inserting after the definition " Weighing instrument " the following definition:- " " Working standard of measurement "-A standard of measurement which is a working standard of measurement in accordance with the Commonwealth Act;"; and

262 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 (b) omitting subsection (2) and inserting in its stead the following subsections:- " (2.) For the purposes of this Act, the expression " use for trade " means use in connection with or with a view to a transaction for- (a) The transferring or rendering of money or money's worth in consideration of money's worth or money; or (b) The making of a payment in respect of any tax, duty, charge or toll, where- (i.) The transaction is by reference to quantity in terms of measurement of a physical quantity or in terms of number; or is a transaction for the purposes of which there is made or employed a statement of the quantity in such terms of goods to which the transaction relates; and (ii.) The use is for the purpose of determination or statement of that quantity; and the expression " have in possession for trade " shall have a corresponding meaning , and any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument used in relation to any such transaction shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be used for trade. (2A) Any weight, measure , weighing instrument or measuring instrument which is made available for use by or on behalf of the public, whether on payment or otherwise, for making measurements in any of the terms referred to in subsection (2.) of this section shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be used for trade." 4. Amendment of s. 7. Section seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words " the Weights and Measures (NationalStandards) Act1948 or any other Act of the Commonwealth " and inserting in their stead the words " the Commonwealth Act ". 5. Repeal of and new s. 11 . Section eleven of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead: "[11.] Standard weights and measures . (1.) The Minister shall, from time to time, arrange for the provision and maintenance of such standards of measurement as are necessary for the purposes of this Act to provide means by which measurements of a physical quantity may be made in terms of the units of measurement of that physical quantity prescribed by this Act. Every standard of measurement provided or deemed to be provided pursuant to this subsection shall, subject to this Act, be a standard weight or, as the case may be, measure for Queensland for the purposes of this Act. (2.) Existing standards . The several weights and measures which were deposited as at the passing of "The Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963 " in the Treasury at Brisbane, a list of which is set out in the First Schedule to this Act, shall be deemed to be standards of measurement provided pursuant to subsection (I.) of this section.

Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 263 (3.) Additional standards . The Minister shall arrange for the provision and maintenance of additional standards of measurement, a list of which is set out in the Second Schedule to this Act, which additional standards of measurement shall be deemed to be standards of measurement provided pursuant to subsection (i.) of this section. (4.) Notification in Gazette . The provision pursuant to subsection (1.) of this section of any standard of'measurement other than a standard of measurement referred to in subsection (2.) or subsection (3.) of this section shall be notified in the Gazette. (5.) Abolition of standards . The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare that any standard weight or measure for Queensland shall cease to be a standard weight or measure and may in like manner revoke or alter any such notification. (6.) Custody of standards . The standard weights and measures for Queensland provided or deemed to be provided pursuant to subsection (1.) of this section shall be safely kept by the Chief Inspector and those standards, and all balances, apparatus, books, documents, and things used in connection therewith or relating thereto shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be in the custody of the Chief Inspector." 6. Repeal of and new s. 13. Section thirteen of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:- "[13.] Verification of standards under Commonwealth Act. (1.) The Minister may, from time to time, cause to be taken all such steps as are necessary or convenient to provide for the verification and, where appropriate, reverification in accordance with the provisions of section nine of the Commonwealth Act of any standard of measurement provided or deemed to be provided pursuant to subsection (1.) of section eleven of this Act. (2.) The Minister may, from time to time, cause to be taken all such steps as are necessary or convenient to provide for the verification and, where appropriate, reverification of such of the standards of measurement provided or deemed to be provided pursuant to subsection (1.) of section eleven of this Act as he may think fit, by means of, by reference to, by comparison with or by derivation from any standard of measurement verified and, where appropriate, reverified pursuant to subsection (1.) of this section. (3.) (a) The Chief Inspector may, from time to time, cause to be taken all such steps as are necessary or convenient to provide for the verification and, where appropriate, reverification of the standards of measurement which are departmental standards kept pursuant to section twelve of this Act. (b) Such verification or reverification shall be by means of, by reference to, by comparison with or by derivation from- (i.) An appropriate Commonwealth standard of measurement; (ii.) An appropriate working standard of measurement (including any standard of measurement verified and, where appropriate, reverified pursuant to subsection (1.) of this section); (iii.) An appropriate subsidiary standard of measurement (including any standard of measurement verified and, where appropriate, reverified pursuant to subsection (2.) of this section) which is,

264 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 pursuant to the Commonwealth Act, a subsidiary standard of measurement of a class higher than the class of the departmental standard to be verified or reverified; or (iv.) Two or more standards of measurement, each of which is a standard of measurement referred to in any of the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph (b). (4.) Notwithstanding the verification or reverification of any standard of measurement verified or reverified pursuant to subsections (1), (2.), or (3.) of this section, every such standard of measurement shall be and remain, subject to this Act- (a) In the case of a standard of measurement verified pursuant to subsections (1.) or (2.) of this section-a standard weight or, as the case may be, measure for Queensland for the purposes of this Act; (b) In the case of a standard of measurement verified pursuant to subsection (3.) of this section-a departmental standard for the purposes of this Act." 7. Amendments of section seventeen . Section seventeen of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) adding to the first proviso to subsection (1.) the following paragraph:- "; and (c) Provide for the more frequent inspection of any prescribed classes of weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments:"; (b) adding to subsection (2.) the following paragraph:- "(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection- (i.) Where any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is produced to an Inspector for inspection in accordance with subsection (1.) of this section and it is not of a pattern or modified pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval issued or deemed to have been issued under section 17A or section 17B of this Act is for the time being in force, an inspector shall not stamp that weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument with a certifying stamp or, if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, issue a certifying certificate with respect thereto; (ii.) Where there is in force a law of the Commonwealth prohibiting the passing, pursuant to the law of a State, of any instrument for use for trade unless that instrument is of a pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval granted under the Commonwealth Act is for the time being in force or is of such a pattern modified only in a manner for the time being authorised under the Commonwealth Act, an inspector shall not stamp that instrument with a certifying stamp or, if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, issue a certifying certificate with respect thereto unless a certificate of approval granted under the Commonwealth Act is for the time being in force in respect of instruments of the pattern of that instrument or the instrument is of such a pattern modified only in a manner for the time being authorised under the Commonwealth Act;

Weights, and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 265 (iii.) Where there is in force a law of the Commonwealth prohibiting the passing pursuant to the law of a State of any instrument for use for trade unless on verification or reverification it falls within the limits of error prescribed under the Commonwealth Act for the particular class of instrument which is being verified or reverified, an inspector shall not stamp that instrument with a certifying stamp or, if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, issue a certifying certificate with respect thereto unless on verification or reverification the instrument falls within the limits of error prescribed under the Commonwealth Act for the particular class of instrument. For the purposes of subparagraphs (ii.) and (iii.) of this paragraph the term " instrument " shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Commonwealth Act."; and (c) adding the following subsections:- "(5.) (a) Dismantling and re-installing weighing or measuring instruments . In the case of a weighing instrument or measuring instrument which is required as prescribed to be produced to an inspector for inspection only after it has been installed at the place where it is to be used for trade, if, after such weighing instrument or measuring instrument has been so inspected, and either it has been stamped with a certifying stamp or, if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, a certifying certificate has been issued with respect thereto, that weighing instrument or measuring instrument is dismantled and re-installed, whether in the same or some other place, it shall not be used for trade after being so re-installed until it has, subsequent to the re-installation, been inspected by an inspector and either it has been re-stamped with a certifying stamp or, if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, another certifying certificate has been issued with respect thereto. (b) Any person who- (i.) where a weighing instrument or measuring instrument has been dismantled and re-installed, uses for trade or causes or permits any person to use for trade that weighing instrument or measuring instrument in contravention of paragraph (a) of this subsection; or (ii.) where a weighing instrument or measuring instrument has been dismantled, disposes of it to a person without informing that person that it cannot lawfully be used for trade after re-installation except in compliance with paragraph (a) of this subsection; shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (6.) Inspection stamps and certifying certificates. Subject to subsection (5.) of this section a certifying stamp stamped upon a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument in accordance with this Act or a certifying certificate issued in accordance with this Act shall have the like validity throughout Queensland as it has in the place where it was originally stamped or, as the case may be, issued, and the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument shall not be required to be re-stamped nor shall another certifying certificate be required to be issued with respect thereto solely because the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is used in another place."

266 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 8. New sections 17A, 17n and 17c. The following sections are inserted after section seventeen of the Principal Act:- "[17A.] Approving Authority. (L) For the purpose of approving the pattern of weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments which may be used for trade there shall be an Approving Authority. (2.) The Minister may make an arrangement with the Organisation for the Organisation to act as the Approving Authority. Upon the notification of such an arrangement in the Gazette, the Organisation shall be the Approving Authority under this Act. (3.) (a) In the absence of any arrangement referred to in subsection (2.) of this section the Chief Inspector shall be the Approving Authority under this Act. The fact that. the Chief Inspector at any time has exercised any power, function, or authority, or has performed any duty of the Approving Authority shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the absence at that time ' of any arrangement referred to in subsection (2.) of this section. (b) The Governor in Council may, by regulation prescribe- (i.) The conditions for the issue, amendment and cancellation of general specifications; (ii.) The procedure to be adopted for the submission and examination of patterns of weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments; (iii.) The issue and cancellation of certificates of approval; (iv.) The alteration and amendment of certificates of approval; (v.) The marking of weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments; and (vi.) The fees payable in respect of any matter referred to in the preceding subparagraphs of this paragraph, (c) Pending the making of regulations pursuant to this subsection, the regulations in force as at the commencement of " The Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963 " shall, with all necessary modifications and adaptations, apply with respect to the several matters set out in paragraph (b) of this subsection. (4.) (a) Where the Chief Inspector has, prior to the commencement of " The Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963 " approved and issued a certificate for any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument of a type, material and design which in his opinion complied with the regulations, was suitable for use for trade and would not facilitate fraud, and that approval was in force as at the commencement of " The Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963 " that weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be of a pattern approved by the Approving Authority under this Act and any certificate issued in relation thereto shall be deemed to be a certificate of approval issued under this section. (b) The Approving Authority may at any time cancel and at any time and from time to time alter or amend any approval and any certificate referred to in paragraph ( a) of this subsection in all respects as if the approval had been given and the certificate issued by the Approving Authority under this section.

Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 267 (c) The Approving Authority may at any time and from time to time issue certificates of approval authorising such minor modifications as it thinks fit of the pattern of any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection in all respects as if that pattern had been approved by the Approving Authority under this section. (17B.] Approved Patterns of Equipment for use for trade . (1.) This section shall apply during the currency of any arrangement made pursuant to subsection (2.) of section 17A of this Act. (2.) The Organisation may prepare and issue general specifications for the construction of weights, measures, weighing instruments and measuring instruments referred to in section 17A of this Act, and may at any time and from time to time alter or amend, or at any time cancel such specifications, or any specifications issued by the Chief Inspector as the Approving Authority under-section 17A of this Act and for the time being in force. (3.) Where any general specification is issued by the Organisation pursuant to subsection (1.) of this section the Chief Inspector, upon receipt from the Organisation of advice of the issue of that specification, shall, by notification in the Gazette, declare that such specification is in force for the purposes of this section. Whenever any such specification is altered, amended or cancelled by the Organisation pursuant to subsection (2.) of this section, the Chief Inspector , upon receipt from the Organisation of advice of such alteration, amendment or cancellation, shall, by notification in the Gazette, declare such specification to be so altered, amended or cancelled. (4.) Where any pattern of a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument referred to in section 17A of this Act is submitted to the Organisation as prescribed for the purpose of approval of that pattern, the Organisation shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, examine in such manner as it thinks fit the suitability for use for trade of a weight, measure , weighing instrument or measuring instrument of that pattern, having regard in particular to the principle, materials and methods used or proposed to be used in the construction of that weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument. If the Organisation is satisfied that the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is suitable for use for trade and would not facilitate fraud, then, subject to this section, it shall issue a certificate of approval of that pattern, and may from time to time thereafter issue certificates of approval authorising such minor modifications thereof as it thinks fit. In like case the Organisation may from time to time issue certificates of approval authorising such minor modifications as it thinks fit of any pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval issued, or deemed to have been issued, by the Chief Inspector as the Approving Authority under section 17A of this Act is for the time being in force. (5.) Where any certificate is issued by the Organisation pursuant to subsection (4.) of this section, the Chief Inspector, upon receipt from the Organisation of advice of the issue of the certificate, shall notify in the

268 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 Gazette the fact of the issue of the certificate and shall supply to all inspectors such particulars relating to the pattern or, as the case may be, modification to which the certificate relates as the Organisation may from time to time supply: Provided that this subsection shall not apply where the certificate is issued subject to a condition referred to in subsection (6.) of this section. (6.) A certificate of approval under subsection (4.) of this section may be issued subject to the condition or may subsequently be made subject to the condition that, except with the consent of the Chief Inspector, a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument of the pattern or modified pattern in question may be used for trade only for such period, or for such purposes, or in such circumstances, as the Organisation may specify, and in such case the Chief Inspector may, in his discretion, grant or refuse such consent. The Organisation may at any time and from time to time alter or amend (including adding to) such condition and may at any time cancel such condition. (7.) The Organisation may at any time revoke any certificate of approval issued under this section, or under section 17A of this Act. Where any such certificate is revoked, the Chief Inspector, upon receipt from the Organisation of advice of the revocation, shall notify the revocation in the Gazette. (8.) Any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument of a pattern or modified pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval has been issued under this section may, and in such cases as may be prescribed shall, be marked in the prescribed manner so as to identify it with the pattern or, as the case may be, modified pattern in question. (9.) If the Organisation is satisfied that any pattern submitted to it under subsection (4.) of this section conforms to any general specification for the time being in force under this section, it may, when issuing a certificate of approval of that pattern, indicate that the pattern conforms to that general specification. [17c.] Offences in relation to approvals of patterns . (1) Where a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is of a pattern or modified pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval has been issued or is deemed to have been issued under this Act subject to a condition, and is in force, any person who- (a) Uses for trade or causes or permits any person to use for trade that weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument in contravention of such condition; or (b) Disposes of that weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument in a condition in which it is capable of being used for trade to a person without informing that person that it cannot lawfully be used for trade otherwise than in accordance with such condition, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 269 (2.) Where a certificate of approval has been issued or is deemed to have been issued under this Act and has been revoked, then, unless a new certificate of approval is issued and in force with respect to the pattern or modified pattern referred to in that certificate, any person who- (a) Uses for trade or causes or permits any person to use for trade a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument of the pattern or, as the case may be, modified pattern, referred to in the revoked certificate; or (b) Disposes of a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument of the pattern or, as the case may be, modified pattern referred to in the revoked certificate, in a condition in which it is capable of being used for trade, to a person without informing that person that the certificate of approval has been revoked. shall be guilty of an offence against this Act." 9. Amendment of s. 41 . Section forty-one of the Principal Act is amended by adding to subsection (1.) the following proviso:- " Provided that a person may, in accordance with a permit issued as prescribed by regulation, temporarily use any such weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument which has been mended or repaired but not reverified." 10. Amendments of s. 42. Section forty-two of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) adding to paragraph (ii.) the words " or remove any such stamp and insert it into any other weighing instrument or measuring instrument "; and (b) inserting after paragraph (vi.) the following paragraph:- (vii.) Sell or dispose of any weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument represented as suitable for use for trade unless- (a) The weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is of a pattern or of a modified pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act is for the time being in force; or (b) Before selling or disposing of the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument, he has handed or sent by registered post to the person to whom the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is or is to be sold or disposed of a notice in writing in 'the prescribed form to the effect that the weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is not of a pattern or of a modified pattern in respect of which a certificate of approval issued or deemed to have been issued under this Act is for the time being in force; or (c) The weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument is stamped with a certifying stamp or if it is exempted by the regulations from being so stamped, a certifying certificate is in force in relation thereto." 11. Amendment of s. 44 . Section forty-four of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (8.) the word " committed " and inserting in its stead the word " convicted ". 10

270 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 12. Amendments of s. 55 . Section fifty-five of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (1.) - (a) omitting paragraph (iii.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph: " (iii.) Prescribing, regulating and controlling the supply, custody, care, verification and reverification of standard weights and measures and of departmental standards and departmental equipment, the stamping of departmental standards, the periodical inspection of departmental standards and departmental equipment, and the certification of such verification, reverification or inspection; providing that a departmental standard of a particular denomination that was found upon verification or reverification not to be greater or less than that denomination by an amount exceeding an amount specified, shall, unless otherwise stated in the certificate issued in respect of the verification or reverification of that departmental standard, be deemed to be of a value equal to its denomination;"; (b) omitting subparagraph (d) of paragraph (vi.) and inserting in its stead the following subparagraph:- (d) Prescribing or restricting the use of a unit of measurement of a physical quantity, or a weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument, either generally or in respect of particular transactions or in respect of transactions included in a particular class of transactions; providing that particular transactions, or the transactions included in a particular class of transactions, shall be made or entered into in terms of a particular unit of measurement of a physical quantity; prescribing the classes or types of weights, measures, weighing instruments or measuring instruments to be used in particular transactions or in transactions included in a particular class of transactions;"; (c) omitting paragraph (vii.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:- (vii.) Providing for, regulating and controlling weighing instruments and measuring instruments made available to the public by the owners thereof, including the registration of such instruments, their testing, verification, reverification, inspection and stamping, and their use, and the licensing of weighmen, and prohibiting or regulating the use of such instruments which are unregistered, and generally for the supervision and control of such instruments and weighmen;"; and (d) in paragraph (ix.)- (i.) omitting the words " and production of tickets " and inserting in their stead the words ", production and retention of tickets and copies thereof,"; (ii.) inserting after the words " and the vehicles " the words ", and the description of the loading, and such other particulars as may be prescribed ". 13. First Schedule . The Principal Act is amended by renumbering the Schedule thereto to be the First Schedule.

Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 271 14. Second Schedule . The Principal Act is amended by inserting after the First Schedule, as so renumbered by this Act, the following Schedule:- " SECOND SCHEDULE. [11 (3)] ADDITIONAL STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FOR QUEENSLAND WEIGHTS. One Weight Each 56 pounds 28 pounds 14 pounds 7 pounds 4 pounds 2 pounds 1 pound 8 ounces 4 ounces 2 ounces 1 ounce 8 drams 4 drams 2 drams I dram I dram One Weight Each 20 kilogrammes 500 milligrammes 10 kilogrammes 200 milligrammes 5 kilogrammes 100 milligrammes 2 kilogrammes 100' milligrammes 1,000 grammes 50 milligrammes 500 grammes 20 milligrammes 200 grammes 10 milligrammes 100 grammes 10' milligrammes 50 grammes 5 milligrammes 20 grammes 2 milligrammes 10 grammes 1 milligramme 5 grammes 1' milligramme 2 grammes 1" milligramme 1 gramme 4,000 grains 2,000 grains 1,000 grains 500 grains 300 grains 240 grains 200 grains 120 grains 100 grains 72 grains 50 grains 48 grains 30 grains 24 grains One Weight Each 20 grains 10 grains 5 grains 3 grains 2 grains 1 grain 0.5 grain 0.3 grain 0.2 grain 0.1 grain 0.05 grain 0.03 grain 0.02 grain 0.01 grain

272 Weights and Measures Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 42 MEASURES OF LENGTH. One subdivided measure of length of one yard. One subdivided measure of length of one metre. One subdivided measure of length of sixty-six feet. One subdivided measure of length of twenty metres. MEASURES OF TIME INTERVAL. One instrument or other device for measuring time interval."