Section 7
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Section 7
(1)
Where it is intended to submit any sample for analysis, the officer or inspector purchasing or otherwise procuring it shall, before or forthwith after procuring it, inform the seller or his agent selling the article that he intends to have the same analyzed by an analyst.
(2)
Such officer or inspector shall thereupon divide the sample into three parts and shall mark and seal or fasten up, in such manner as its nature will permit, each such part and shall offer one of such parts to the seller or his agent or the person having charge of the article.
(3)
Such officer or inspector shall subsequently deliver, either personally or by registered letter, another of such parts to an analyst, and shall retain the third of such parts.