​​14 June 2025 

Industry and Business Ecosystem Division (IBE) through Weights and Measures Unit (SDT) under Ministry of Finance and Economy conducted a mobile station verification service in three (3) places at Tamu Kianggeh, Pasar Tani Selayun and Pasar Gadong.

The mobile station verification service carried out on 9th, 17th, 21st and 28th May 2025 is part of an ongoing initiative that adopts a customer-friendly approach to protect consumers and encourages local businesses to be more transparent and to ensure that they comply with the Weights and Measures Act, 1983 Chapter 151 and the stipulated guidelines under the Act.

During the mobile station verification service, SDT Unit registered one hundred and seventy three (173) units of weighing machine. Traders and users of weights and measures machine are required to comply as stipulated in the Weights and Measures (Verification) Regulations, 1994 under section 3(2); Every person who uses or has in his possession for use of trading of any weight, measure or instrument for weighing not stamped as required by this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

The penalty for such offence is a fine of BND1,000.00 or imprisonment for three (3) months or both and instrument used for weighing will be forfeited. Any contract, bargain, sale or dealing made by such weight, measure or instrument for Weighing shall be void. 

For any enquiries, the public may contact SDT Unit via email: sdt@mofe.gov.bn or contact at 238 3142. 

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Prepared by: 

Weights and Measures Unit (SDT), 

Industry and Business Ecosystem Division (IBE), 

Ministry of Finance and Economy. 

E-mail: sdt@mofe.gov.bn 

Reference: (067) KKW/SDT/ENF/04 

Date: 17 Zulhijjah 1446 / 14th June 2025  

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