Law No. 23 of 2010 regarding Commercial Activity 

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Book Nine Scales: dry measures and measurements 

Section One Legal measurement units 

Article 1204 

Units system 

The international units system shall be taken as a basis of the Libyan measurement units and the related Libyan standard specifications shall define the units and symbols of the international system. 

Article 1205 

National standards 

The National centre for specifications and standards approves national standards embodying measurement units to be defined by need and shall be kept according the applicable scientific rules and shall be dependent on the international standards. 

Article 1206 

Use of measurement unit 

The units of the international system for units shall be used in all the Libyan measurements for example:

1. All the commercial transactions which include directly or indirectly any measurements. 
2. Documents related to jurisdiction, documentation, accounts, tenders, conditions and all the formal documents. 
3. All what are related to prices, services, announcements, information, education, industry, health, public safety, laboratories and specifications. 
4. All the foreign transactions. However, in case of dealing with a country using a system of unit other than the inter nation system of unit. 

The units used by that country may be written down beside the units of the international system of units. 

Article 1207 

Measuring tools and instruments 

The measuring tools and instruments which use the result by indication must be given the units of the international system of units. 

Section Two Control over measurements 

Article 1208 

Conditions satisfaction 

The measuring tools and instruments which are subject to compulsory control under this law should satisfy the measurement conditions provided for in this law for each of :- 

1. The new or locally manufactured or imported measuring tools and instruments. 
2. Circulated measuring tools and instruments 
3. Measuring tools and instruments after repairing or modification.

Article 1209 

Compulsory control 

The measuring tools and instruments to be defined by the executive regulation provided for in article (1227) shall be subject to compulsory control. 

The measuring tools and instruments that are not satisfying the requirements and conditions set out in article (1208) of this law shall not be used. 

Article 1210 

Classification of the compulsory control 

The compulsory control over the measuring tools and instruments shall be classified as following: 

1. the use of the measuring tools and instruments and its methods with intention to ensure application of provision of this book. 

Article 1211 

Application of control methods 

The Libyan standard specifications shall define the control method over the measuring tools. 

Article 1212 

Seal and imprint 

The measuring tools and instruments which satisfy the requirements and conditions set out in article (1208) shall be given seals of this control or shall be provided with corresponding certificates of the legal measuring tools or instrument.

The measuring tools and instruments which are not corresponding to the requirements and conditions set out in article (1208) shall be given the seal of rejection until they are modified or repaired. 

In all the cases the rejected measuring tools and instruments which are referred to in paragraph (2) of this article may not be used. The existence of those rejected tools and instruments in work place shall be considered as god as their use. 

The center shall define the shapes and descriptions of the seals of control over the measuring tools and instruments. 

The legal seals of control shall not be put on measuring tools and instruments except by the persons who are legally entrusted with such job. 

Article 1213 

Control over measurements 

The measurement which are referred to in article (1206) of this law shall be subject to the control. The executive regulation provided for in article (1227) of this law shall define the methods of control to which these measurements and the authority entrusted therewith shall submitted. 

Article 1214 

Control over the quantities of the products and the packed materials 

The quantities of the products and packed materials offered for circulation which are bearing data tags showing expressly or symbolically the fixed quantity of these products shall be subject to control. 

The center shall define the standard methods and requirements under which the verification of the correctness of the quantities of the products, packed materials and the limits of allowance shall be effected. 

Article 1216 

Manufacture, sale and repairing of the measuring tools and instruments 

The executive regulation provided for in article (1227 of this law shall define the conditions necessary for granting licensing for practicing the activity of import or export or manufacture or repair or sale or lease of the measuring tools and instruments included in the provisions of this law.

The said authorities shall be subject to the continuous legal control in the manner to be defined by the executive regulation provided for in article (1227) of this law. 

Section Three Distribution of powers 

Article 1217 

The authority executing the provisions of this book 

The concerned authority shall execute the provisions set out in this book. 

The concerned secretary may also entrust other concerned authorities or of special scientific category of the measuring tools and instruments, provided that these authorities shall be approved for performance of such type of activity. The executive regulation provided for in article (1227) of this law shall define the requirements of approval of the said authorities. 

Article 1218 

The authority concerned with Specifications and standards 

The authority which is concerned with specifications and standards shall assume the following assignments: 

Section Four Penalties 

Article 1219 

Lack of legal seals 

Any one possessed with intention of trade or use a measuring tool or instrumental not bearing the legal seals indicating satisfaction of requirements of the categories defined in this book shall be amerced by a fine not less than one thousand (1000 LD) dinars and not more than three thousand (3000 LD) dinars. 

Tampering with standardized instruments 

Anyone who introduced intentionally modification to the legal measuring tools and instruments which have been standardized shall be amerced by a fine not less than three thousand (3000 LD) dinars and not more than five thousand (5000 LD) dinars.

Article 1221 

Recidivism 

The penalty provided for in articles (1219), (1220) shall be doubled in case of recidivism. 

Article 1222 

Dealing conclusively with unstandardized instruments 

Any who repaired legal measuring tools and instruments without being permitted to do so shall be amerced by a fine amounting to five hundred (500 LD) dinars. 

Article 1223 

Hindering Assignments of the judicial officers 

Anyone who prevented the judicial officers from performing their assignments shall be penalized by imprisonment for a period not less than one month and not exceeding six month and by a fine not less than one thousand (1000 LD) dinars and not more than two thousand (2000 LD) dinars or by both penalties. 

Section Five Final provisions 

Article 1224 

Capacity of the judicial officers 

The persons for who a resolution shall be issued by the general peopleís committee shall have the capacity of the judicial officers. In this regards, they shall have the right to verify the violations of these provisions. To this end they shall have the right to access to the public and private. 

Article 1225 

Standardization fees 

The control jobs shall be against a financial fees to be fixed by a resolution of the concerned secretary with exception of control works which aim at verification of application of provisions of this book.

Article 1226 

Coordination on specifications and standards affairs 

Coordination shall be effected between the authorities concerned with specifications and standards according to what is to be defined by the executive regulation provided for in article (1227) particularly the following matters: 

1. Laboratories. 
2. Measuring equipment and instruments uses in measurement and standardization operations 
3. Personnel in the field of measurement and standardization. 

Article 1227 

Executive regulation 

The rules and procedures necessary for the implementation of provisions of this book shall be organized by a resolution to be issued by the general peopleís committee.