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Aweights and measures act is a kind of legislative act found in many jurisdictions establishing technical standards for weights and measures.

Notable acts of this type include:

Various Weights and Measures Acts (UK) or the various legislative acts preceding them in England, Wales and Scotland
R.S. 1985 c. W-6, the Weights and Measures Act, in Canada
Act №XXXI of 1871, the Act to Regulate the Weights and Measures of Capacity of British India^[1]
Act №8 of 1936, the Irish Weights and Measures Act^[2]
The Weights and Measures Act 1972, in Malaysia

The Weights and Measures Acts may refer to:

The Weights and Measures Acts of the United Kingdom, particularly the Weights and Measures Acts of 1878 to 1893
The Weights and Measures Acts of Ireland, from 1878 to 1936^[2]
The Weights and Measures Acts of India, from 1871 to 1889^[3]
The Weights and Measures Act 1987 of New Zealand^[4]

Weights and measures acts may also refer to similar legislation in other countries.

In the United States, the National Conference on Weights and Measures functions as a regular meeting of the states and maintains several handbooks which are available at the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.^[5] Most of the states have enacted these handbooks into law.^[6]

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^ Lyon, Andrew (1873), Law of India, pp. 762–765, retrieved 22 January 2012.

^ ^a ^b "Weights and Measures Act, 1936". irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

^ THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, OR PRESENTED BY ROYAL COMMAND, IN THE SESSION 1897. 1897. p. 239. Retrieved 22 January 2012.

^ "Weights and Measures Act 1987". Parliamentary Counsel Office, New Zealand Government. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

^ "Weights and Measures". National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

^ "Summary of State Laws and Regulations in Weights and Measures" (PDF). National Institute of Standards and Technology. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

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