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274C Reports of analysis
(1) This section applies to a proceeding under this Act.
(2) The production in a proceeding of a signed analyst's report
specifying any of the following matters is evidence of those matters:
(a) the analyst took, or received from a specified person, the
sample mentioned in the report;
(b) the analyst analysed the sample on a specified day, or during
a specified period, and at a specified place;
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(c) the results of the analysis.
(3) A defendant in a proceeding who intends to produce a signed
analyst's report in the proceeding must send a copy of the report to
the prosecutor at least 5 business days before the day set down for
the hearing.