Use or possession of unstamped weights

(1) Any person who uses for the purposes of any trade or has in his possession for use in any trade, any weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument which has not in the period of twelve months preceding such time been stamped by an Inspector with the prescribed verification mark shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 22 of this Act, in respect of weighing and measuring equipment for use in the fields specified in subsection (2) of that section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.