12. Section 22 of the principal enactment, as amended by Act No. 7 of 1971, is hereby repealed and the following new section is substituted therefor: -
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| | (1) Save as is otherwise provided in section 54, every contract, bargain, sale or dealing made or had in Sri Lanka whereby any work, goods, wares, merchandise or other thing is or are to be done, sold, delivered, carried, measured, computed, paid for, or agreed for by weight or measure, shall be made and had according to any one of the units of measurement specified in the Second Schedule, or any one of the authorized weights and measures specified in the Third Schedule, or any multiple or sub-multiple or a combination of any multiple and sub-multiple of any such authorized weight or measure specified in such Third Schedule. | | |
| | (2) All fees and duties whatsoever charged or collected in Sri Lanka according to any unit of measurement shall be charged and collected according to one of the units of measurement specified in the Second Schedule or any one of the authorized weights and measures specified in the Third Schedule. | | |
| | (3) The packing in Sri Lanka of any article in a container for the purposes of sale shall be done according to any one of the authorized units of measurement. | | |
| | (4) Every contract, bargain, sale or dealing which is not made or had in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) shall be void: | | |
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