Whoever is in possession of any instrument for weighing, or of any weight, or of any measure of length or capacity, which he knows to be false, 1 *** intending that the same may be fraudulently used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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Footnote-

1. The word "and" omitted by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Sch.