Metrication Ordinance

Metrication Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
	Long title An Ordinance to provide for the replacement in enactments of non-metric units by metric units and for matters connected therewith. ;
Citation	Cap. 245
Enacted by	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced	9 July 1976
Legislative history
Bill published on	11 June 1976
Introduced by	Financial Secretary Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
First reading	23 June 1976
Second reading	7 July 1976
Third reading	7 July 1976
	Status: Current legislation

The Metrication Ordinance was enacted in 1976 in Hong Kong. The law allowed a gradual replacement of the Imperial units and Chinese units of measurement in favour of the International System of Units Metric System. The adoption was facilitated under the government's Metrication Committee.[1]

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