Weights and Measures Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. W-6)

Marginal note:Short measure on sale

• 33 (1) Every person who sells or offers for sale any commodity, by number or unit of measurement, is guilty of an offence if the quantity of the commodity that that person delivers or offers for sale is, subject to prescribed limits of error, less than the quantity that that person

  • (a) purports to sell or offer for sale; or

  • (b) should deliver or offer for sale on the basis of

    • (i) the total price paid or to be paid for the commodity, and

    • (ii) the stated price per number or unit of measurement.

• Marginal note:Over measure on purchase

  (2) Every person who determines or exercises control over the determination of the quantity of a commodity that that person purchases or offers to purchase by number or unit of measurement is guilty of an offence if the quantity of the commodity that that person receives or offers to purchase is, subject to prescribed limits of error, greater than the quantity that that person

  • (a) purports to purchase or offer to purchase; or

  • (b) should receive or offer to purchase on the basis of

    • (i) the total price paid or offered to be paid for the commodity, and

    • (ii) the stated price per number or unit of measurement.

• Marginal note:Application of subsection (1)

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to any commodity that is packaged on the basis of measure or labelled in terms of a unit of measurement as required or authorized by or under any other Act of Parliament.