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Every person who-

(a) knowingly makes, sells or uses, or knowingly causes to be made, sold or used, any unjust weight, measure, or instrument for weighing or measuring; or

(b) forges or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be forged or counterfeited, or knowingly assists in forging or counterfeiting, any stamp or mark used for stamping or marking any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring; or

(c) knowingly sells, disposes of or exposes for sale any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring with any forged or counterfeit stamp or mark thereon; or

(d) with intent to defraud, alters any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring stamped or marked in accordance with this Decree; or

(e) commits any fraud in the use for trade or industry of any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding ¢1,000.00 or to both.