View All - 1995 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances MEASUREMENT UNITS, STANDARDS AND SERVICEMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Measurement Units, Standards and Services Act, No. 35 of 1995 and shall come into operation, on such date (hereinafter referred to as the "appointed date ") as the Minister may appoint by Order published the Gazette.2. Units of measurement.3. Establishment of Measurement Units, Standard and Service Department and National Measurement Laboratory.4. Appointment of Director &c.5. Sri Lanka Standards.6. Sri Lanka Standards to be in the custody of the Director.7. Reference Standards. 8. Secondary standards.9. Measurements of physical quantities.10. Certification of calibration.11. Judicial notice of standards.12. All contracts sales and collection of fees or duties to be in terms of authorised units of measurement.13. Weights and measures in Part II at Third Schedule declared to be authorised weights and authorised measures.14. Appointment of Inspectors 15. Tertiary standards.16. Use of any weight or measure the denomination of which is marked thereon.17. Use of tertiary standards after expiry of period specified and use of instruments not verified.18. Inspectors not be derive profit from making or selling of weights and measures.19. Sale of weight or measure which has not been verified or certified.20. All weights measures to be approved by the Director.21. Persons who sell repair or manufacture weights instruments &c. to be registered.22. Periodical examination of weights or measures or weighing or measuring instruments.23. Stamping of mark of verification.24. Power of inspector to enter into any premises and inspect weights & c25. Weight or measure stamped by Inspectors to be used in Sri Lanka.26. Fees levied to be credited to the Fund.27. Registers to be kept by Inspectors.28. Inspectors to give security.29. Power of police officers or Price Control Inspectors to enter any premises to check any weighing or measuring of goods.30. Minister to direct the periodical certification m certification of any measure at measuring instrument.31. Measuring or measuring instruments used by Government Departments or corporations to be calibrated at the Laboratory.32. Units of measurement to be used in transactions relating to land.33. Director to provide facilities lor calibration of measuring instruments and measuring devices.34. Weights, Measures &c. used in trade or industry to have their pattern approved by the Laboratory.35. Fund36. Sale or exposing for sale any unstamped weight &c.37. Use and Possession of unstamped weights &c38. Forgery of stamp or mark used by inspector.39. Use of false weight or measure of length or capacity. 40. Repair or manufacture of any weight or measure &c. without being registered.41. Refusal to produce weights &c. for Inspection.42. False, incorrect or untrue declaration.43. Use or procedure of any weights or measure which it set correct.44. Breach by inspectors.45. Failure to obey directive issued under section 30.46. General Powers.47. Forfeiture of weights &c48. Evidence of possession.49. sanction for prosecution.50. Board registerd by Assistant Director and superindenant.51. Declaration of specified packaged goods and quantity to be contained in any package.52. Sale of packaged goods not marked in authorised units to be an offence.53. Settlement of disputes.54. Certificate of Director Deputy Director or an Assistant Director to be prima facie evidence of facts stated therein.55. Principal liable for offences of servants and agents.56. Offences committed by body of persons.57. Rewards to certain persons.58. Repeal of section 257, 258, 259 and 260 of chapter 19 and savings.59. Repeal of Chapter 158 and savings.60. Regulations.61. Interpretation.62. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistancy.