Section 54. Procedure for taking sample
(1) Where it is intended to submit any sample of any organism or product that is suspected of being or containing living modified organism or product of such organism for analysis the enforcement officer purchasing or otherwise procuring the sample shall inform the seller, manufacturer or importer or his or its agent or servant from whom the said organism or product is purchased or otherwise procured that he intends to have the sample analysed by an analyst.
(2) The procedure for taking and dealing with the samples shall be as prescribed by regulations.
Section 55. Appointment of analyst
The Board may appoint any qualified person to be an analyst for the purposes of carrying out an analysis under this Act.
Section 56. Certificate of analysis
(1) A certificate of analysis signed by an analyst shall, on production by the Public Prosecutor in any trial under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated in the certificate unless the accused requires that the analyst be called as a witness, in which case he shall give a written notice to the Public Prosecutor not less than three clear days before the commencement of the trial.
(2) Where the Public Prosecutor intends to give in evidence any certificate referred to in subsection (1) he shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the accused not less than ten clear days before the commencement of the trial.
Section 57. Presumption
Where evidence or a certificate of analysis is given by an analyst stating that an organism or product in whatever form produced before the court is a living modified organism or product of such organism, the court shall presume that such organism or product is a living modified organism or product of such organism unless the contrary is proved.
Section 58. Institution of prosecution
No prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act shall be instituted except by or with the written consent of the Public Prosecutor.
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