Weights and Measures Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Metrology (No. 6 of 2017). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Weights and Measures Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 62 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Weights and Measures Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Weights and Measures Act
- S. 1Length m etre m T he metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum
- S. 2Mass Kilogram k g The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the
- S. 3Time Second S The second is the duration of 9192631770 periods of the
- S. 4Electrical ampere A The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two
- S. 5Thermo- K elvin k The Kelvin, unit of thermodynamic
- S. 6Section 6
- S. 7Temperature degree celsius ºC 1 degree C = 273 K
- S. 8Marine and
- S. 9Milk (not exceeding 5 litres).
- S. 10Perfumes and toilet waters.
- S. 11S olid fertilisers, agricultural material and agricultural salt.
- S. 12Squashes and fruit juices.
- S. 13S olid insecticides and solid fungicides.
- S. 14S olid polishes and dressings analogous to solid polishes.
- S. 15Shoe polish.
- S. 16C otton.
- S. 17A utomatic weighing machines
- S. 18B eam scales
- S. 19C ounter machines
- S. 20C rane machines
- S. 21(1) Every contract, bargain, sale or dealing made or had after the Contracts to be made
- S. 22Nothing in this Part shall apply to the sale of food for human consumption on or Exceptions
- S. 23(1) Where a person has in his possession any goods for sale or delivery, or any Provision and
- S. 24S pring balances
- S. 25S teelyards and wall beams
- S. 26Flour of oats, rice, beans, rye, soya beans, self-raising flour.
- S. 27Ghee.
- S. 28Jam, marmalade, honey, jelly.
- S. 29Liquid fuel.
- S. 30Liquid fungicides and liquid insecticides.
- S. 31Liquid soap, liquid detergent (not exceeding 5 litres).
- S. 32Liquid polish.
- S. 33Lubricating oil excluding grease (not exceeding 20 litres).
- S. 34(a) Maize flour.
- S. 35Margarine and mixture of butter and margarine.
- S. 36Milk (not exceeding 5 litres) excluding evaporated unsweetened milk and sweetened condensed milk.
- S. 37Milk powder including milk food and milk food substitutes for feeding infants.
- S. 38Millet, groundnuts and sorghum.
- S. 39Molasses, treacle and syrup.
- S. 40Rich bran.
- S. 41Rice.
- S. 42Salt.
- S. 43Rice paddy.
- S. 44Soft drinks and mineral waters.
- S. 45Soap.
- S. 46Solid polish (other than shoe polish).
- S. 47Shoe polish.
- S. 48Squashes and fruit juices.
- S. 49Spices.
- S. 50Sweets (sugar confectionery).
- S. 51Stout.
- S. 52Sunflower seed.
- S. 53Sugar.
- S. 54Wheat bran.
- S. 55Toilet paper.
- S. IMEASUREMENT OF LENGTH
- S. IISection II
- S. IIISection III
- S. IVSection IV
- S. VTRADE MEASUREMENTS
- S. VIMEASURING INSTRUMENTS
- S. VIISection VII