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Measurement Units, Standards And Service Act (No. 35 of 1995) - Sect 21

Persons who sell repair or manufacture weights instruments &c. to be registered

21.
(1) Every person who sells, repairs or manufactures or intends to sell, repair or manufactures any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall register himself with the Director.
(2) A fee shall be charged on such registration and the Amount of such fee shall be as prescribed.
(3) Every person who seeks to register himself under sub-section (1)-
(a) to repair any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall-
(i) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director, his ability or the ability of persons employed by him, to repair the type of weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he seeks to repair ; and
(ii) be in possession of. such equipment, tools and other facilities as May be required for the proper execution of such repair ;
(b) to manufacture any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument shall-
(i) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director, his ability or the ability of persons employed by him to manufacture the type of weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he seeks to manufacture;
(ii) be in possession of such equipment, tools and other facilities as may be required for the manufacture or assembly of such a "Weight, treasure or weighing or measuring instrument ; and
(iii)send to the Director such drawings and samples as may be required of such weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument which he intends to manufacture, for patters approval.
(4) Every person registered under this section, shall be subject to the condition that any weight, measure or weighing or measuring instrument repaired or manufactured by him shall be tested and verified by an Inspector at calibrated by the Director, after such manufacture or repair as the case my be. The Director may, where a person fails to fulfil this condition, cancel bis registration.
(5) A person whose registration has been cancelled by the Director under subsection (4) may within one month of such cancellation appeal against such cancellation to the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister.

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