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The Weights and Measures (International System) Act,
1967
1Act No. V of 1967
[10th June, 1967]
An Act to establish standards of weights and measures
based on the 2[international]
system
WHEREAS it is expedient to establish
standards of weights and measures based on the 3[international]
system and to provide for matters connected therewith;
It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short title, extent and
commencement.__
This Act may be called the Weights and Measures 3[international]
system) Act, 1967.
(2) It extends to the whole of
(3) It shall come into force on such
date as the 4[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint; and
different dates may be appointed in respect of different provisions of this
Act, or for different areas or for different classes of goods or classes of
undertakings.
2. Definitions.__ In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context,---
(1) “ampere”
means that constant current which, flowing in two parallel straight conductors
of infinite length, of negligible circular cross section and placed at a
distance of one meter from each other in vacuum, produces a force of 2 x 10__7
newtons per meter length between the conductors;
(2)
“Assistant Controller” means an Assistant Controller of Weights and Measures
appointed under section 14;
(3)
“candela” means one‑sixtieth part of luminous intensity normally emitted by
one centimeter square of integral radiator (black body) at the temperature of
solidification of platinum;
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons,
see Gaz of P. 1966, Ext. (
The Act has been brought into force with effect from the 1st day
of july, 1974, in respect of certain undertaking specified in S.R.O. 893
(I)/74, see , Gaz. of P., 974, Ext.pt. II, pp. 1070-1071.
For such Notif.enforcing the Act in respect of certain
undertaking see Gaz. of p., 1974, Ext.pt. II.pp. 1070-1071 and 1782, ibid., (
2Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974),s.2, for “metric”.
3Subs. ibid., for “Metric”.
4Subs. ibid., for “Central Government”.
(4)
“commercial weight or measure” means a weight or measure used or intended to be
used in any transactions of trade or commerce;
(5)
“Controller” means the Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under
Section 14 and includes a Deputy Controller of Weights and Measures and an
Assistant Controller of Weights and Measures;
(6) “Deputy
Controller” means a Deputy Controller of Weights and Measures appointed under
Section 14;
(7) “First
General Conference of Weights and Measures” means the Conference General des
poids et measures held at
(8)
“Inspector” means an Inspector of Weights and Measures appointed under section
14 and includes an Assistant Inspector of Weights and Measures;
(9)
“International Bureau of Weights and Measures” means the Bureau International
des poids et measures et Sevres in
(10)
”kilogram” means the mass of the Platinum‑irridium cylinder deposited at
the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and declared international
prototype of the kilogram by the First General Conference of Weights and
Measures;
(11) “liter”
is the volume occupied by the mass of one kilogram of pure air-free water at
the temperature of its maximum density and under normal atmospheric pressure;
(12)
“measuring instrument” includes, any instrument for measuring length, area,
volume or capacity but does not include a weighing instrument;
(13) “meter”
means the length equal to 1,650,763.73 wave‑lengths, in vacuum, of the
radiation corresponding to the transition between the 2p and 5d levels of has
Krypton atom of mass 86;
1[(13a)
“mole” means the amount of substance of a system which contains as many
elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 Kilograms of carbon 12 ;]
(14) “normal
atmospheric pressure” means the pressure exercised by 1,01, 325 newtons per
square meter, a newton being the force which imparts to a mass of one kilogram
an acceleration of one meter per second per second;
1Ins. by the Weights and Measures (Metric
System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.3.
(15)
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules;
(16)
“reference standards” means the sets of weights and measures prepared under
section 10;
(17) “rules”
means rules made under this Act;
1[(18)
“second” means the duration of 9,192, 631, 770 periods of the radiation
corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground
state of the cesium‑133 atoms;]
(19)
“secondary standard” means the sets of weights and measures prepared under
Section 11;
(20)
“stamping” means marking in such manner as to be, so far as practicable,
indelible and includes casting, engraving, etching and branding;
2[(20‑A)
“standard instrument” means the set of weighing instruments and measuring
instruments prepared under section 13;]
(21)
“standard measure” means such a standard of measure specified in sub‑section
(1) of Section 8, as does not relate to mass;
(22)
“standard weight” means such a standard of measure specified in sub‑section
(1) of Section 8 as relates to mass;
(23)
“trade”, with its grammatical variations, means any sale, bargain, transaction,
dealing or contract and includes collection of tolls and duties;
(24)
“verify”, with its grammatical variations, means verify or reverify in
accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules;
(25)
“weighing instrument” means any instrument for measuring weight and inciudes
scales, with the weights belonging thereto, scale beams, balances, spring
balances, steelyards and other weighing machines;
2[(25A)
“working instrument” means the set of weighing instruments and measuring
instruments prepared under section 13A;]
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.3, for cl.18.
2Ins. by the Weights and Measures
(International Systems) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (16 of 1978), s.2.
(26) “working standard” means the sets of weights and
measures prepared under Section 12.
3. Certain units of measure.__(1)
The unit of electric current shall be an ampere.
(2) The unit of luminous intensity
shall be a candela.
1[4. Scale of temperature.__ The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the
fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of
water.].
5. Certain primary units of measure.__(1)
The primary unit of mass shall be a kilogram:
Provided that in the case of pearls and
precious stones the primary unit of mass shall be a carat which is equal to one
five‑thousandth of one kilogram.
(2) The
primary unit of length shall be a metre.
(3) The
primary unit of area shall be the square metre.
(4) The primary unit of volume shall be the cubic metre.
(5) The primary unit of capacity shall be a litre.
(6) The primary unit of time shall be a second.
6. National prototype of certain
primary units.__
(1) The 2[Federal
Government] shall cause to be prepared a national prototype of the kilogram and
shall cause the same to be certified in terms of the international prototype of
kilogram and shall deposit the same in such custody and at such place as it may
deem fit.
(2) The 2[Federal
Government] shall cause to be prepared a national prototype of the meter and
shall cause the same to be certified by the International Bureau of Weights and
Measures and shall deposit the same in such custody and at such place as it may
deem fit.
7. Secondary units of measure.__
The 2[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare the magnitude
and denomination of such units of measure as it deems fit to be the secondary
units of measure under this Act:
Provided that every such secondary unit
except that of time shall be an integral positive or negative power of ten of
the relevant primary unit.
8. Standard of measure.__
(1) The primary units of measure referred to in Section 5 and the secondary
units of measure declared under Section 7 shall be the standards of measure.
(2) The weight at any place of the
primary unit of mass referred to in sub‑section (1) of Section 5 shall be
the standard unit of weight at that place.
1Subs. by the weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 4, for “section 4”.
2Subs. ibid s. 2, for "Central
Government”.
9. Conversion of existing weights
and measures into standard of measure.__(1)
The value expressed in terms of any weight set forth in sub-section (1) of
Section 3 of the Standards of Weight Act, 1939 (IX of 1939), or in terms of any Measure expressed in
inches, feet, yards, miles or nautical miles or in gallons may be converted
into the value expressed in terms of the appropriate standard of measure at the
rate specified in the First Schedule.
(2) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify the rates at
which the value expressed in terms of any weight or measure other than those
referred to in sub‑section (1) may be converted into the value expressed
in terms of the standard of measure.
(3) All references in any enactment or
in any notification, rule or order under any enactment or in any contract, deed
or other instrument to a value expressed in terms of any weight or measure
shall be construed as references to that value expressed in terms of the
appropriate standard of measure converted thereto at the rates specified in the
First Schedule or in a notification issued under sub-section (2), as the case
may be.
(4) Where in any transaction the value
expressed in terms of any weight or measure is required to be converted into
the value expressed in terms of the standard of measure under this section, the
calculation, for the purposes of such transaction, shall be made in such
manners as may be prescribed.
10. Reference standards.__
(1) The 1[Federal
Government] shall cause to be prepared as many sets of such standards of
measure specified in subsection (1) of Section 8 or multiples or sub‑multiples
thereof, to be called reference standards as it may consider expedient and shall
cause the measure of each such set to be authenticated as having been
ascertained from the primary units of measure.
(2) The reference standards shall be
kept at such place, in such custody and in such manner as may be prescribed.
11. Secondary standards.__(1)
For the purpose of verifying the correctness of the working standards the 1[Federal
Government] may cause to be prepared as many sets of standard weights and
standard measures, to be called secondary standards, as it may consider
expedient and shall cause each such set to be authenticated as having been verified
with the reference standards.
(2) The secondary standards shall be
kept at such places, in such custody and in such manner as may be prescribed
and shall be verified with the reference standards at least once in every five
years and marked with the date of such verification.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.3, for “Central Government”.
12. Working standards.__
(1) For the purpose of verifying the correctness of commercial weights and
measures 1[each
Provincial] Government may cause to be prepared as many sets of standard
weights and standard measures, to be called working standards, as it may
consider expedient and shall cause each such set to be authenticated as having
been verified with the secondary standards [.]2
3* * * * * * *
(2) The working standards shall be kept
at such place, in such custody and in such manner as may be prescribed 4[by
the Provincial Government] and shall be verified with the secondary standards
or reference standards, as the case may be, at such intervals and in such
manner as may be prescribed and marked with the date of such verification.
(3) A working standard which has not
been verified at any interval prescribed therefor shall not, after the expiry
of the day closing the interval, be used until it has been verified and marked
with the date of verification.
13. Standard weighing and measuring
instruments.__
5[(1) For the purpose of verifying the correctness of the working
weighing instruments and working measuring instruments, the Federal Government
may cause to be prepared as many sets of standard weighing instruments and
standard measuring instruments, to be called the standard instruments, as it
may consider expedient, and the correctness of such instruments shall be
verified, and the date of such verification shall be marked, in such manner as
may be prescribed].
(2) The standard weighing instruments
and standard measuring instruments shall be kept at all places where the
secondary standards 6
* * * are kept.
7[13A. Working weighing and measuring instruments.__
(1) For the purpose of verifying the correctness of the weighing instruments
and measuring instruments used in trade or commerce, the Provincial Government
may cause to be prepared as many sets of working weighing instruments and
working measuring instruments, to be called the working instruments, as it may
consider expedient and shall cause each such set to be authenticated as having
been verified with the standard weighing instruments and standard measuring
instruments.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinace, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 3, for “the
Federal”, which was previously amended by Act 29 of 1974, s. 2, for “Central
Government”.
2Subs. ibid., for colon.
3Proviso omitted ibid.,
4Ins. ibid.,
5Subs. ibid., for sub-section (1), s.4.
6Omitted ibid.,
7New section 13 A ins. ibid., s.5.
(2) The working instruments shall be
kept at such place, in such custody and in such manner as may be prescribed by
the Provincial Government and shall be verified with the standard instruments
at such intervals and in such manner as may be prescribed and marked with the
date of such verification.
(3) A working instrument which has not
been verified at an interval prescribed therefor shall not, after the expiry of
the day closing the interval, be used until it has been verified and marked
with the date of verification.]
14. Appointment of Controllers,
Inspectors, etc.__ (1) The 1[Federal
Government] may appoint a Controller of Weights and Measures 2*
* * and as many Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers, Inspectors and
Assistant Inspectors of Weights and Measures as it may deem fit.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this
Act and the rules, all Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers, Inspectors,
and Assistant Inspectors shall perform their functions under the general
superintendence and control of the Controller.
(3) The Deputy Controllers and
Assistant Controllers may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or
imposed on them by or under this Act, exercise any power or discharge any duty
so conferred or imposed on an Inspector.
(4) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by general or special order, define the local limits within
which each 3[Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controller and] Inspector shall exercise the powers and
discharge the duties conferred or imposed on an Inspector by or under this Act.
(5) Every Controller, Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controller, Inspector and Assistant Inspector shall be
deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan
Penal Code ( ACT XLV of 1860).
15. Verification and stamping by
Inspectors.__ An Inspector shall, at such place 4[and
at such time as the Controller may direct, verify a working standard or working
instrument brought or referred] to him for the purpose and shall, if he finds
it correct and in conformity with this Act and the rules, stamp it with a stamp
of verification in the prescribed manner.
5[16. Power to inspect and verify working standards and
working instruments.__
(1) An Inspector may, after notice to the Provincial Government by the
Controller, inspect and verify with a reference standard, secondary standard or
standard instrument any working standard or working instrument.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s.2. for “Central Government”.
2Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (16 of 1978), s.6.
3Ins, ibid., s.6.
4Subs. ibid., s.7, for certain words.
5Subs. ibid., s. 8, for section 16.
(2) Where a working standard or working
instrument inspected and verified under sub‑section (1) is not found to
be what it purports to be, the Inspector may detain it under seal and shall
inform the Controller of such detention, and the Controller shall refer the
matter to the Provincial Government for such action as it thinks necessary.]
17. [Power to inspect and verify the contents of
sealed packages and containers.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s.9.
18. [Power to adjust weights and measures.] Omitted by
the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 ( XVI
of 1978),s. 9.
19. [ Manufacturers, etc., to maintain records and
documents] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.)
Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
20. [Penalty for neglect or refusal to produce weight
or measure, etc. for inspection.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9
21. [Penalty for breach of duty by Controller, etc.,]
Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance,
1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
22. Prohibition of use of weights
and measures other than standard weights and measures.__
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or any custom or usage
or practice, no unit of measure, other than a standard weight or standard
measure, shall, after the expiry of six months from the date on which this
section has come into force in any area or in relation to any goods or
undertakings, be used, except as permitted under sub‑section (2), in such
area or in relation to such goods or undertakings in any transaction of trade
or commerce or in any dealing or contract.
(2) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, permit the
continuance of the use in any area in which, or in relation to any class of
goods or undertakings in respect of which, this section has come into force, of
such weight or measure which was in use immediately before the date of such
coming into force, for such period not exceeding three years from that date, as
may be specified in the notification.
(3) Whoever contravenes the provisions
of sub‑section (1) shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two
thousand and five hundred rupees, or with both.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for “Central Government”.
23. [Prohibition of demanding or receiving a quantity
different from that determined in terms of standard weight, etc.,] Omitted by
the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978
(XVI of 1978), s. 9.
24. Power to direct the use of
weights only, or measures only, in certain areas.__
(1) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that no
transaction, dealing or contract shall be made in such area, from such date,
subject to such conditions and in respect of such trade or class of trades as
may be specified therein, except by weight only or except by measure only.
(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions
of sub‑section (1) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees.
25. [Commercial weights and measures to bear mark of
de-nomination] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System)
(Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
26. [Prohibition of sale, etc.,of unstamped commercial
weights and measures] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
27. [Prohibition of the manufacture, etc., of weights
and measures without licence.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
28. [Marking of weight or measure on sealed
containers.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.)
Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
29. [Penalty for forging or using forged stamps or
weights, measures etc.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International
System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
30. [Penalty for using or selling forged weight,
measure, etc.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System)
(Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 9.
31. [Offences by companies.] Omitted by the Weights
and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s.
9.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2 for “Central Government”.
32. Validity of weights and measures
duly stamped.__
A weight, measure, weighing instrument or measuring instrument, stamped in the 1[manner
prescribed by the Provincial Government] shall be a legal weight, measure,
weighting instrument or measuring instrument in all areas in which this Act has
come into force, unless it is found to be false or defective, and shall not be
liable to be re‑stamped by reason merely of the fact that it is used in
any place other than that in which it was originally stamped.
33. [Stamped weight, etc. to be presumed to be
correct.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.)
Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 19 78), s.11.
34. Limits of error to be tolerated
in weights and measures.__The
2[Federal
Government] may prescribe the limits of error which may be tolerated__
(a) in
secondary standards referred to in Section 11;
(b) in
working standards referred to in Section 12;
(c) in
commercial weights and measures or in selling articles by weight or measure
generally or as regards any trade or class of trades; and
(d) in
weighing instruments and measuring instruments.
35. [Appeal.] Omitted by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of 1978), s. 11.
36. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall
lie against any person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or
intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or the rules.
37. Cognizance of offences. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence
punishable under this Act except upon complaint in writing made by the
Controller or Inspector or any other person authorised in this behalf by the 2[Federal
Government] by a general or special order.
38. [Forfeiture of weights, measures, etc.] Omitted by
the Weights and Measures (International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (XVI of
1978), s. 11.
39. Power to exempt.__
(1) The 2[Federal
Government] may, subject to such conditions, if any, as it may deem fit to
impose, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any Government
institution or any commodity or trade from all or any of the provisions of this
Act.
(2) Any notification issued under sub‑section
(1) shall, at the earliest opportunity, be laid before the National Assembly
which may, by a resolution passed by it, amend, vary or rescind such
notification.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 10, for
“prescribed manner”.
2Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for “Central Government”.
(3) A notification issued under sub‑section
(1) shall stand amended, varied or rescinded, according as a resolution to that
effect is passed by the National Assembly, upon the passing of such resolution.
40. Delegation of powers.__
The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that all or
any of the powers exercisable by it under this Act, other than those under
Section 39, or the rules shall, in relation to such matters as may be specified
in the notification, be exercisable also by a Provincial Government.
41. Power to make rules.__
(1) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry
out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any
of the following matters, namely:__
(a) the
preparation of the standards of measure;
(b) the
custody of the sets of reference standards, secondary standards and 2[standard
instruments], and the periodical verification and adjustment thereof;
(c) the limits of error which may be tolerated in secondary standards
working standards, 3[standard
instruments, working instruments,] weights, measures, weighing instruments and
measuring instruments used or intended to be used in trade or commerce, or in
the actual weighing or measuring of articles in the course of any trade or
class of trades;
(d) the
manner in which the value expressed in terms of any weight or measure other
than in terms of standard of measure may be converted thereto;
(e) the
material of which and the designs and specifications according to which working
standards may be made the agency, by which such standards may be made, that
person by whom or the authority by which and the manner in which such standards
may be stamped and authenticated 4*
* * ;
(f) the
procedure for the verification and marking of working standards, the person by
whom, the place at which and the intervals at which, they may be marked;
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for “Central Government”.
2Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Act, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 12, for “working
standards”.
3Ins. ibid.,
4Certain words omitted ibid.
(g) the
material of which and the designs and specifications according to which
secondary standards may be made, the place at which and the custody and manner
in which such standards may be kept;
(h) the
procedure for verification and marking of secondary standards and the manner in
which they may be marked;
(i) the
number of 1[standard
weighing instruments and standard measuring instruments] to be kept, the manner
in which they may be verified and stamped and necessary particulars regarding
the same;
2* * * * * * *
(l) the
powers, functions and duties of the Controller 3Deputy
Controller, Assistant Controllers, Inspector and Assistant Inspector];
(m) the
qualifications, powers, functions and duties of Inspectors;
(n) the
verification and stamping of 4[working
standards and working instruments].
2* * * * * * *
(t) any
other matter necessary for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.
(3) In making any rules under this
section, the 5[Federal
Government] may provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine
which may extend to five hundred rupees.
42. Repeal.__
(1) The enactments specified in Part I of the Second Schedule shall stand
repealed in an area in which or in relation to any goods or undertaking in
respect of which this Act comes into force.
(2) The enactments specified in Part II
of the Second Schedule shall, to the extent to which they contain any provision
which corresponds to any provision of this Act, stand repealed.
(3) If, immediately before the
commencement of this Act or any provision thereof in any area or in relation to
any class of goods or undertakings, there is in force in that area or in
relation to that class of goods or undertakings, any law which corresponds to
this Act or to any such provision thereof and which is not repealed by sub‑section
(1) or sub‑section (2), that corresponding law shall stand repealed.
1Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(International System) (Amdt.) Act, 1978 (16 of 1978), s. 12, for certain word.
2Cls.(j) (k),(o),(p),(q)’ (r) and (s)
ibid.
3Added ibid.,
4Subs. ibid., for certain words.
5Subs. by the Weights and Measures
(Metric System) (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (29 of 1974), s. 2, for “Central Government”.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See section 9(1)]
STANDARD OF WEIGHT
1
grain __ 0.000064799 kilogram
1
ounce __ 0.0283495 kilogram
1
pound __ 0.4535924 kilogram
1
cwt __ 50.802 kilograms
1
ton __ 1016.05 kilograms
1
tola __ 0.0116638 kilogram
1
seer __ 0.93310 kilogram
1
maund __ 37.3242 kilograms
STANDARD OF LENGTH AND CAPACITY
1
inch __ 0.0255 metre (exact)
1
foot __ 0.3048 metre (exact)
1
yard __ 0.9144 metre (exact)
1
mile __ 1609.344 metres (exact)
1
nautical mile __ 1852 metres
1
Imperial gallon __ 4.54596 litres
___
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
(See section 42)
PART I
1.
The Measures of Length Act, 1889 (II of 1889).
2.
The Standards of Weight Act, 1939 (IX of 1939)
PART II
1.
The Weights and Measures of Capacity Act, 1871 (XXXI of 1871).
2.
The
3.
The Bombay Weights and Measures Act, 1932, as applicable to Karachi Division.
4.
The
5.
The
6.
The North-West Frontier Weights and Measures Act, 1947 (N.W.F.P. Act XXIII of
1947).
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