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Stamping of meters.
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5.—(1) Any meter which is required by law to be stamped shall not be deemed to be duly stamped unless it is stamped with a stamp of a form, material, and design prescribed by the Minister by regulations made by him under this section with such variations of numbers or marks thereon as may be directed by the Minister by or under such regulations.
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(2) No meter shall continue to be deemed to be duly stamped according to law after the expiration of ten years from the last occasion on which it was duly stamped according to law.
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(3) The Minister, if he so thinks fit, may by order postpone the coming into operation of this section in relation to meters which are at the passing of this Act installed on the premises of consumers of gas, but such postponement shall not exceed—
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(a) in the case of a meter which was before the passing of this Act stamped in verification of accuracy with a stamp of a form, material or design not prescribed under this section, whichever of the following periods is the lesser, that is to say, the period of five years from the passing of this Act or the period during which such meter remains continuously so installed after the passing of this Act, and
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(b) in the case of any other meter whichever of the following periods is the lesser, that is to say, the period of two years from the passing of this Act or the period during which such meter remains continuously so installed after the passing of this Act.
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