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Section 75

Production of certificate of analysis

of Sales Tax Act 2018

ActIn forceProvision 89 of 131
Section 75

(2)

Where the Public Prosecutor intends to give in evidence any certificate of analysis, he shall deliver a copy of the certificate to the accused not less than ten clear days before the commencement of the trial.

(3)

Analysts are bound to state the truth in the certificate of analysis under their hands.

(4)

In this section, “analyst” means—

(a)

a registered chemist under the Chemists Act 1975 [Act 158]

or a person authorized under section 23A of such Act, or his employee working under his supervision;

(b)

a registered pharmacist under the Registration of

Pharmacists Act 1951 [Act 371] or his employee working under his supervision;

(c)

a registered engineer under the

Registration of

Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138]; or

(d)

a registered geologist under the Geologists Act 2008

[Act 689].

(5)

If an analyst is called as a witness by the accused under subsection (1), the analyst shall be called at the expense of the accused unless the court otherwise directs.

(6)

The Minister may appoint any qualified person or class of qualified persons, by notification in the Gazette, to be an analyst for the purpose of this section.

Sales Tax 85

Proof as to registration or licensing of conveyances in Malaysia or