Cap. 46 Art. 5Exemptions.

The provisions of article 4(iii), (iv) and (v) shall not apply to -

(a) any precious metal article which cannot bear the pressure of the stamp without being broken or losing the necessary solidity or on which it is technically difficult to imprint the required marks;

(b) any precious metal article having an antiquarian value;

(c) objects of precious metal for scientific, technical, musical or medical use;

(d) legal tender made of precious metal and collectors’ coins and medals issued by or on the authority of a State;

(e) ingots or granules of precious metal for banking use;

(f) small articles weighing less than one gram in the case of gold and platinum and three grams in the case of silver and palladium or such other weight as may be prescribed;

(g) semi-manufactured precious metal articles;

(h) articles which are not made of precious metal but are plated with precious metal or are otherwise laminated or coated with thin precious metal foil.