Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)

Except as otherwise provided for in any technical regulation, when the same load is kept on the load receptor of a weighing instrument for any period of up to eight hours, the weighing instrument must indicate the mass correctly at any time during this period, provided that in the case of a weighing instrument incorporating electronic components, a suitable warming-up period shall be allowed before commencement of the test.