Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter V : Type Approval and Verification of Measuring Instruments23. Type approval offences |
| (1) | A person is guilty of an offence if he or she, without the written permission of the Chief Executive Officer in terms of section 22(2)(d)— |
| (a) | sells or makes available for use any new type of a measuring instrument contemplated in section 22(2)(a) before the issue of a certificate in respect of that new type of measuring instrument in terms of section 22(2)(b); |
| (b) | alters any type or modified type of a measuring instrument in respect of which a certificate was issued in terms of section 22(2)(b) with regard to any portion of the material of which or the mode in which or the principle according to which the measuring instrument was made or its intended use, and represents to any person that the type so altered is the type in respect of which a certificate in terms of section 22(2)(b) was issued. |
| (2) | A person is guilty of an offence if he or she represents to any other person that a measuring instrument may be used— |
| (a) | for a particular purpose whilst it may not be so used in terms of section 22; or |
| (b) | in a particular manner whilst it may not be so used in terms of section 22. |