9. Section 16 of the principal enactment, as amended by Act No. 7 of 1971, is hereby further amended as follows: -
| (1) by the repeal of subsections (2) and (3) of that section; and |
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| (2) by the substitution, for subsection (4) of that section, of the following new subsection: -
| | "(4) Every secondary standard of any unit of measurement shall be kept and preserved in such manner as may be prescribed at the office and in the custody of the Warden, who shall, once at least in each period of five years, cause such standard to be compared with the Sri Lanka standard of that unit of measurement and, if necessary, to be corrected or adjusted.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts