2017 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 26. TRADE REGULATION AND PRACTICE
482D. Gold and Silver Stamping
482D-3 Standard of fineness of gold articles; deviation.
[§482D-3] Standard of fineness of gold articles; deviation. The actual fineness of gold or alloy shall not be less by more than .003 parts than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped upon any part of the article; provided, however, that:
(1) In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any article mentioned in this chapter, the part of the article taken for the test, shall be the portion as does not contain any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article; and
(2) The actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold or of its alloys contained in an article including all solder and alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article (all gold, alloys, and solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than .003 parts, in the case of a watchcase or flatware, or than .007 parts, in the case of any other article, than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped upon the article. [L 1990, c 343, pt of §2]
