Weights and Measures Act, 1928

Cancellation of certificates of inspectors.

14.—(1) Whenever the holder of a certificate granted under section 11 of the Act of 1889 or section 8 of the Act of 1904 has for a continuous period of not less than seven years commencing at any time after the grant of such certificate ceased to act as an inspector of weights and measures, the Minister may by order cancel such certificate and thereupon such certificate shall cease to be in force.

(2) The holder of any such certificate as aforesaid shall not, so long as he is acting as a special inspector, be deemed to have ceased within the meaning of this section to act as an inspector of weights and measures.

(3) Section 8 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1904, shall be construed and have effect as if—

(a) in sub-section (2) of the said section the words “and such certificate is at the date of his appointment in force” were inserted therein after the words “such a certificate as aforesaid,” and

(b) in sub-section (3) of the said section the words “holding a certificate for the time being in force” were inserted therein in lieu of the words “having obtained a certificate” now contained therein.