The Weights and Measures Act Article 2
The following terms used in this Act are defined as follows:1. Units of measurement: the standards for measuring physical quantities;2. Measuring instrument: an apparatus or a device that is used to measure physical quantities and indicates the measuring results with value or units of measurement. Any standard substance having high stability of physical, chemical or metrological characteristics are also regarded as measuring instrument. Any equipment which is attached or appended to a measuring instrument and would affect the measuring function of the measuring instrument shall be regarded as an integral part of the measuring instrument.3. Measurement Standard: an apparatus or device that is approved and designated by the competent authority for use as the basis to define the standard value of measurements in the field of metrological science;4. Legal measuring instrument: a measuring instrument that is designated by the competent authority for use in trade, certification, official inspection and testing or environmental protection activities, or is related to public safety and/or medical and health care affairs;5. Verification: examination and testing of a legal measuring instrument to ensure that it complies with related metrological requirements;6. Inspection: examination and testing of a verified legal measuring instrument in use to ensure that it continues to comply with metrological requirements;7. Error of a measuring instrument: a value derived from subtracting the value indicated by the measurement standard from that indicated by the legal measuring instrument under testing;8. Maximum permissible error: the extreme values of the error (positive and negative) permitted by the legal requirements;9. Calibration: the action of comparing measurement of the error of a measuring instrument by using the measurement standard;10. Traceability: the action to ensure, through successive intercomparisons, that the accuracy of a measuring instrument is consistent with the international or national measurement standards;11. Type approval: the procedures for evaluating and approving the overall major elements of a legal measuring instrument, such as the structure, the quality of materials and the technical characteristics that would affect the measuring functions or capabilities of a measuring instrument; and12. Prepackage products: any product that is enclosed in a container or wrapped in any manner prior to being placed on the market for sale and the contents of which could not be altered without opening or changing the packaging.
中文原文 度量衡法第2條
本法用詞定義如下：
一、度量衡單位：指量測物理量之基準。
二、度量衡器：指量測物理量之各種器具或裝置，而以數值及度量衡單位表示者；具有高穩定之物理、化學或計量學特性之標準物質，亦視為度量衡器。
附屬於度量衡器之設備，足以影響度量衡器之量測功能者，為該度量衡器之一部分。
三、度量衡標準器：指經主管機關認定，在量測領域內作為定值依據之器具或裝置。
四、法定度量衡器：指經主管機關指定，供交易、證明、公務檢測、環境保護之用，或與公共安全、醫療衛生有關之度量衡器。
五、檢定：指檢驗法定度量衡器是否合於規定之行為。
六、檢查：指對檢定合格在使用中之法定度量衡器，檢驗其是否仍合於規定之行為。
七、器差：指受檢驗之法定度量衡器顯示值減去供檢驗之度量衡標準器之標準值所得之數值。
八、公差：指法定允許之器差。
九、校正：指以度量衡標準器比較測定度量衡器器差之行為。
十、追溯檢校：指經過連續之相互比對，使度量衡器之準確度與國際或國家度量衡標準維持一致之行為。
十一、型式認證：指對法定度量衡器之構造、材質、技術特性等足以影響度量衡器量測功能之全部要件，予以評估及核准之程序。
十二、定量包裝商品：指販賣前已完成包裝，且非經拆封或包裝之顯著變更，其內容之淨含量不致有所增減之商品。
一、度量衡單位：指量測物理量之基準。
二、度量衡器：指量測物理量之各種器具或裝置，而以數值及度量衡單位表示者；具有高穩定之物理、化學或計量學特性之標準物質，亦視為度量衡器。
附屬於度量衡器之設備，足以影響度量衡器之量測功能者，為該度量衡器之一部分。
三、度量衡標準器：指經主管機關認定，在量測領域內作為定值依據之器具或裝置。
四、法定度量衡器：指經主管機關指定，供交易、證明、公務檢測、環境保護之用，或與公共安全、醫療衛生有關之度量衡器。
五、檢定：指檢驗法定度量衡器是否合於規定之行為。
六、檢查：指對檢定合格在使用中之法定度量衡器，檢驗其是否仍合於規定之行為。
七、器差：指受檢驗之法定度量衡器顯示值減去供檢驗之度量衡標準器之標準值所得之數值。
八、公差：指法定允許之器差。
九、校正：指以度量衡標準器比較測定度量衡器器差之行為。
十、追溯檢校：指經過連續之相互比對，使度量衡器之準確度與國際或國家度量衡標準維持一致之行為。
十一、型式認證：指對法定度量衡器之構造、材質、技術特性等足以影響度量衡器量測功能之全部要件，予以評估及核准之程序。
十二、定量包裝商品：指販賣前已完成包裝，且非經拆封或包裝之顯著變更，其內容之淨含量不致有所增減之商品。