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Inspection of premises and examination of cows and milk. 8.(1) Any officer of the Ministry authorised in that behalf by the Ministry shall have power (a)to enter and inspect at any reasonable time, and on production of his authority, any land or premises on which cows are kept for the production of milk for sale or which he has reason to believe are used by any person in connection with the business of such person as a producer or distributor of milk; (b)to examine any cows kept, or milk found, on any such land or premises, or any equipment used thereon in connection with milk; (c)to inspect or examine any milk in the course of its distribution by any person under the authority of a producer's licence or a distributor's licence; (d)to take without payment, for the purposes of examination, and examine reasonable samples of any milk he is entitled to inspect or examine under this section. (2) On any prosecution for an offence under this Act in relation to milk, the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by the person to whom any sample of milk taken under this section has been submitted for examination shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein, unless the defendant shall have given to the prosecutor at least three days' previous notice in writing that he requires that such person shall be called as a witness. (3) Any person who obstructs or impedes an authorised officer in the exercise of his powers under this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
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