Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973)Chapter VII : Trade Dealing and Sale of Goods39. Catalogues to be in authorised manner or in terms of certain measuring units |
| (1) | No person shall print, publish, make, circulate or cause to be printed, published, made or circulated in the Republic, any catalogue unless the quantity of goods referred to therein is expressed in a manner or in terms of a measuring unit prescribed by regulation in respect of such goods. |
| (2) | Subsection (1) shall not apply to— |
| (a) | any catalogue, emanating from any country outside the Republic and circulated in the Republic, which clearly shows on its outside cover that references in such catalogue to prices and to quantities, expressed in terms of unauthorised measuring units or in any other manner, are not applicable to the Republic; or |
| (b) | any catalogue referred to in paragraph (a) which bears a statement on its outside cover showing the equivalent of the measuring unit in terms of which or other manner in which the quantity of any goods set forth in such catalogue shall be expressed in terms of this Act. |
| (3) | In this section "catalogue" means any return, price list, price current or any journal or other paper containing the price list or price current of goods, the quantity of which is stated therein. |