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Hallmarking Act 1973

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2(1)A description indicating that an article, or the metal in an article, is of so many carats is to be presumed to be an indication that the article or metal is of gold, and that its fineness is that specified in the following table for that number of carats.U.K.

(2)This paragraph shall not apply if (as in a case where the article is a precious stone) the word ’carat’ is used as a measure of weight for precious stones, and not as a measure of fineness.

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Number of caratsindicates gold of a standard of fineness of
9375 parts per thousand
12500 parts per thousand
14585 parts per thousand
15625 parts per thousand
18750 parts per thousand
22916·6 parts per thousand

and so in proportion for any other number of carats.

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