Evidence of part to be evidence of whole

In force

In any legal proceedings, evidence as to the nature of the whole or

part of a sample of a thing—

(a)

taken from a parcel of the thing; or

(b)

taken from a quantity of the thing that was, at the time when the sample was so taken, represented as being, or as being part of, a bulk lot of the thing, in the performance or exercise of a function or power under this Act, is evidence as to the nature of the whole of the contents of the parcel or bulk lot (as the case may be).

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269 Evidence of part to be evidence of whole