Sales Tax Act 1972 (Act 64)
PART XI - PROVISIONS AS TO TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS



Section 48. Proportional examination of goods seized to be accepted by courts.


(1) When any goods suspected of being taxable goods or otherwise liable to seizure have been seized, it shall be sufficient to open and examine five per centum only of each description of the package or receptacle in which such goods are contained.

(2) If it is necessary to test any goods seized under this Act, it shall be sufficient to test only a sample not exceeding five per centum in volume or weight of the goods examined under subsection (1) .

(3) The court shall presume that the goods contained in the unopened packages or receptacles are of the same nature, quantity and quality as those found in the similar packages or receptacles which have been opened.

[Subs. Act A1110:s.10]

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