(1) Section 38(2) does
not apply if, not less than 21 days before the proceedings, the accused
delivers notice in writing to the Commissioner requiring the approved analyst
or approved botanist to attend as a witness in those proceedings.
(2) An accused shall
be afforded a reasonable opportunity to deliver a notice referred to in
subsection (1).
(3) An accused shall
not in any proceedings adduce evidence in rebuttal of any facts stated in a
certificate unless the accused has delivered notice in accordance with
subsection (1) requiring the approved analyst or approved botanist to attend
as a witness in the proceedings.
[Section 38B inserted: No. 44 of 1995 s. 13;
amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]