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| (1) Where a sample obtained by an Authorized Officer is required to be divided by him into parts, one of which shall be retained by him, the part retained by him shall be produced in court at the time of the institution of the prosecution in relation to that sample. |
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| (2) The Magistrate may of his own motion and shall at the request of any party to the prosecution forward for analysis or examination the part of the sample produced in court under subsection (1) to the Approved Analyst or an Additional Approved Analyst other than an analyst who has analysed or examined any other part of that sample. |
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| (3) The analyst to whom the part of the sample is forwarded under subsection (2) shall send his report or certificate to the court within twenty-eight days of the receipt by him of that part of the sample. |
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| (4) The expenses of analysis or examination shall be paid by such party as the court may direct. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts