Section 10, Weights and Measures Act, 2010

(1) No person shall– (a) use for trade or industry any unit of measurement of length, area, volume, or mass or weight, which is not included in the First Schedule; or (b) use for trade or industry, or have in his possession for use for trade or industry, any linear, square or cubic measure which is not included in the Second Schedule or any weight which is not so included. Keeping of Weights and measures for use in trade and industry. (2) Except as may be prescribed and subject to any regulations made under section 33 – (a) a linear measure specified in Part I of the Second Schedule may be marked in whole or in part with divisions and subdivisions representing any shorter length or lengths; (b) no cubic measure specified in Part 3 of the Second Schedule shall be used for trade or industry by means of any division or subdivision marked thereon as a cubic measure of any lesser quantity.