Hong Kong Ordinances

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 65 of 2000 s. 3

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員)

"authorized unit" (認可單位)

"Commissioner" (關長)

"container" (容器)

"inspection" (檢查)

"occupier" (佔用人)

"premises" (處所)

"pre-packed" (經預先包裝)

"quantity" (數量)

"reference standards" (參照標準)

"to supply" (供應)

"unit of measurement" (計量單位)

"use for trade" (作商業用途)

"vehicle" (車輛)

"weighing or measuring equipment" (度量衡器具) In this Ordinance, unless
the context otherwise requires-

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員) means any public officer authorized by
the Commissioner of Customs and Excise under section 4;

"authorized unit" (認可單位) means a unit of measurement specified in the
Second Schedule;

"Commissioner" (關長) means any of the following- (Amended 65 of 2000 s. 3)

   (a)  the Commissioner of Customs and Excise;

   (b)  any Deputy Commissioner of Customs and Excise;

   (c)  any Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise;

"container" (容器) means any form of packaging of goods for supply as a
single item, and includes a wrapper or confining band;

"inspection" (檢查) , in relation to weighing or measuring equipment,
includes the examination, testing, comparison and adjustment of it under this
Ordinance by an authorized officer;

"occupier" (佔用人) , in relation to any stall, vehicle or vessel or in
relation to the use of any building or place for any purpose, means the person
for the time being in charge of the stall, vehicle or vessel or, as the case
may be, the person for the time being using that building or place for that
purpose;

"premises" (處所) means any building, place, stall, vehicle or vessel;

"pre-packed" (經預先包裝) means made up for supply by way of retail trade
in a
container, and "pre-pack" shall be construed accordingly;

"quantity" (數量) includes mass or weight, length, width, height, area,
volume, capacity and number;

"reference standards" (參照標準) means the reference standards of weights
and measures maintained under section 8;

"to supply" (供應) includes-

   (a)  to sell, or to agree to sell;

   (b)  to offer, advertise, have in possession, expose, transmit, convey,
        deliver, make, prepare or pre-pack for sale;

   (c)  to hire or to exchange, or dispose of for any consideration
        whatsoever; or

   (d)  to transmit, convey or deliver in pursuance of a sale, hiring, any
        exchange, or disposal for any consideration whatsoever;

"unit of measurement" (計量單位) means a unit of measurement of length,
height, width, area, volume, capacity, mass or weight;

"use for trade" (作商業用途) , in relation to any weighing or measuring 
equipment, has the meaning assigned to it by section 10;

"vehicle" (車輛) means any conveyance used on land whether self-propelled or
not;

"weighing or measuring equipment" (度量衡器具) means any equipment for
measuring in terms of quantity, whether or not the equipment is constructed to
give an indication of the measurement made or other information determined by
reference to that measurement. (Enacted 1987)