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TRADE MEASUREMENT (PRE-PACKED ARTICLES) REGULATIONS (NO. 29 OF 1991) - REG 33

33. If the package containing a pre-packed article is, in accordance with regulation 31, marked “mass when packed” or with other words that have a similar meaning to those words—

        (a)     the permissible actual deficiency, if measured on the day the article is packed, is a deficiency of 5 per cent;

        (b)     the permissible average deficiency, if measured on the day the article is packed, is nil;

        (c)     the permissible actual deficiency, if measured after the day the article is packed, is the deficiency specified in Column 2 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of the article in Column 1 of that Table; and

        (d)     the permissible average deficiency, if measured after the day the article is packed, is the deficiency specified in Column 3 of the Table to this regulation opposite the description of the article in Column 1 of that Table.

TABLE

PERMISSIBLE DEFICIENCIES AFTER DAY OF PACKING

Column 1
(Description of article)

Column 2
(Permissible actual deficiency—per cent)

Column 3
(Permissible average
deficiency—per cent)

Bar soaps

21

16

Cotton wool

7

2

Flax

8

3

Glauber salts

7

2

Jute

9

4

Manila

8

3

Mushrooms (fresh)

18

13

Oven-baked animal biscuits

9

4

Personal deodorant tablets

12

7

Personal soap tablets (medicinal or toilet)

11

6

Sisal

8

3

Soap flakes

10

5

Soap powder (excluding detergent powders)

15

10

Tobacco

10

5

Washing soda

7

2

Whole hams

7

2

Articles marked “mass at standard condition”



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