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Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875

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21Certificate of analyst prima facie evidence for the prosecution, but analyst to be called if required. Defendant and his wife may be examined

At the hearing of the information in such proceeding the production of the certificate of the analyst shall be sufficient evidence of the facts therein stated, unless the defendant shall require that the analyst shall be called as a witness, and the parts of the articles retained by the person who purchased the article shall be produced, and the defendant may, if he think fit, tender himself and his wife to be examined on his behalf, and he or she shall, if he so desire, be examined accordingly.

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