Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973)

Chapter V : Use or Possession of Measuring Instruments and Containers

33. Offences in connection with measuring instruments
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Any person who—

(a)forges or counterfeits any stamp or die used for the certifying of any measuring instrument; or
(b)wilfully falsifies or tampers with a measuring instrument used for any prescribed purpose; or
(c)otherwise than in the capacity of an inspector, a verification officer or a repairer acting in terms of any regulation and save as provided in section 34, obliterates or removes from any measuring instrument any certifying stamp or seal or any part thereof, or

[Section 33(c) substituted by section 11 of Act No. 42 of 1994]

(d)inserts in or attaches to any other measuring instrument, any stamp or seal so removed; or
(e)otherwise than in the capacity of an inspector or a verification officer, places upon any measuring instrument any stamp or mark purporting to indicate that such measuring instrument has been certified or re-certified; or

[Section 33(e) substituted by section 16(b) of Act No. 17 of 1993]

(f)sells, utters or disposes of, for use for any prescribed purpose, any measuring instrument which has been tampered with or which has been falsified or on which the certifying stamp or seal has been defaced in terms of section 25; or
(g)wilfully commits or is a party to or aids in or incites any other person to the commission of any fraud or deception in the use of any measuring instrument,

shall be guilty of an offence.