Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)Chapter VII : Manner of Use, Possession of or Sale of Measuring Instruments and Products31. Offences in respect of manufacture or selling of false, defective or inaccurate measuring instruments |
| (1) | A person who manufactures, sells or causes to be sold any false, defective or inaccurate measuring instrument, is guilty of an offence. |
| (2) | A person who manufactures sells, or causes to be sold, any measuring instrument for any prescribed purpose that does not comply with the requirements of a notice issued under section 29 or with the requirements of any applicable legal metrology technical regulation, is guilty of an offence. |
| (3) | A person is guilty of an offence if that person— |
| (a) | furnishes a guarantee in terms of section 30(1)(b)(ii) in respect of any measuring instrument which is not correct and verifiable under this Act; |
| (b) | contravenes or fails to comply with section 30(2); or |
| (c) | uses a measuring instrument contemplated in section 30(3) after the date on which the permission expires without having caused the measuring instrument to be verified. |