Pre-packaged goods

(1) The net weight or measure marked on a container of pre-packaged goods shall be subject to the tests and limits prescribed by Order made by the Minister in the Gazette. goods. (2) No person shall sell or expose for sale any goods in a container or pre-package by weight or by measure unless such goods comply with the limits specified in the Fifth Schedule. (3) Subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed by the Minister by Order in the Gazette, no person shall sell any pre- packaged goods by weight or measure unless the net weight or the net measure is marked on the container in the prescribed manner in terms of authorized units of measurement specified in the Third Schedule. (4) Any person who supplies, sells or exposes for sale, goods in a container or pre-package which is so made, formed or filled as to be misleading as to the nature, weight or capacity of the contents thereof shall be guilty, of an offence. (5) It shall be the duty of any person who is an importer, or a packer of pre-packaged goods, to ensure that such pre- package is marked in the prescribed manner with, 20 (a) a statement of the quantity contained in terms of authorized units of measurement specified in the Third (b) the name and address of the manufacturer, or the packer or the importer, or a mark which enables the manufacturer or the packer or the importer to be readily ascertained and identified. sale, manufacture or