Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B9: TBT Measures n.e.s. 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Insreument 7 of 1983,Registered designs (Appeals) Rules 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Weights and Measures ( Amendment) Act 2003 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

23.(1) Where a person has in his possession any goods for sale or delivery, or any goods in respect of which any representation of weight or measure is made for the purposes of sale or any other trade purpose, he shall-
(a) provide an assized instrument capable of weighing or measuring such commodity; and
(b) keep and operate the same in such a place and manner so that the weighing or measuring and the weight indicated or measure determined, as the case may be, are clearly visible to the purchaser at all times.
(2) In any case where an automatic instrument is used in the packing for sale of commodities not exceeding fifty kilograms in weight or twenty-five litres in capacity, the person responsible for that packing shall cause to be kept and used near the automatic instrument such assized instrument as would enable
the verification of the correct operation of the automatic instrument.
(As amended by Act. No. 12 of2003)
24A.(1) Subject to the provisions of this section a person who sells any commodity by weight shall sell it by net weight or net content. (2) A person who sells any commodity referred to in subsection (1) shall not deliver, or cause to
be delivered, the commodity to a purchaser unless there is in respect of such commodity an invoice or delivery note showing the net weight or measure of such commodity: Provided that where a weight has been prescribed for a sack, bag or pocket, it shall be sufficient for the invoice or delivery note to contain only the number of sacks, bags or pockets sold.
24B.(1) A person shall not sell any pre-packaged commodity by weight or measure unless the net weight or measure is marked on the wrapper or container of the commodity in the prescribed manner in accordance with an authorized measure.
(2) A person who purchases a pre-packaged commodity which is sold by weight or measure may require the seller to verify, in the presence of the purchaser, the net weight or measure of the commodity.
(3) a person who fails to comply with a request made under subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both.
(4) The provisions of this section shall apply to any commodity in respect of which weight or measure is used to designate the grade or class of such commodity
33.Any person who sells or exposes for sale any goods in a denomination of weight or measure other than the denominations of weight or measure authorised under this Act shall be guilty of an offence 

Reference of the measure

Part V Section 23, 24A, 24B, part VI Section 33 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

All products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries