Section 52: Exclusive use of metric units.

(1)
As from 1 January 1979 it shall be unlawful for any person in Nigeria to have in his possession for the purposes of trade or any other commercial transaction and, in particular, to have in his possession for sale, or to use or cause to be used for selling, any commodity or to import any weights, measures, weighing instruments, measuring instruments or goods which are in imperial units or in any other units other than in exclusively metric units.
[1978 No. 37.]
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.