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Measurement Units, Standards And Service Act (No. 35 of 1995) - Sect 59

Repeal of Chapter 158 and savings

59.
(1) The Weights and Measures Ordinance (Chapter 158) is hereby repealed.
(2) Nothwithstanding the repeal of the aforesaid Ordinance-
(a) any act or thing done by an inspector before the appointed date shall be deemed fer all purposes to have been validly done and shall have effect an though such act or thing was done under the provisions of this Act;
(b) every standard of weight or measure procured and verified under sections 14 and 15 of the repealed Ordinance, shall for all purposes be deemed to be a standard of weight or measure for the purposes of this Act;
(c) every secondary standard of weight or measure verified and authenticated under section 16 of the repealed Ordinance and every working standard authenticated under section 17 of the repealed Ordinance shall, for all purposes be deemed to be a secondary standard or a tertiary standard respectively, for the purposes of this Act; and
(d) every licence issued under section 31 of the repealed Ordinance for the sale, manufacture or repair of any authorized weight or measure or any weighing or measuring instrument shall be deemed to be a licence validly issued under the provisions of this Act.

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