Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
Version of section 51 from 2017-05-18 to 2024-10-30:
Marginal note:Certificate or report of analyst
51 (1) A certificate or report prepared by an analyst under subsection 45(2) is admissible in evidence in any prosecution for an offence under this Act or any other Act of Parliament and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the statements set out in the certificate or report, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed it.
Marginal note:Attendance of analyst
(2) The party against whom a certificate or report of an analyst is produced under subsection (1) may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the analyst for the purpose of cross-examination.
(3) [Repealed, 2017, c. 7, s. 38]
- 1996, c. 19, s. 51
- 2017, c. 7, s. 38
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