Taking of samples by analyst

(1) The analyst may at all reasonable times enter any premises or place where the article is being sold or manufactured or where he believes that there is any article and may take samples in the presence of the purchaser or owner or his representatives thereof for analysis. (2) The analyst taking a sample under this section shall divide it into three parts and cause each part to be marked, sealed and fastened up. He shall take two parts and deliver the third 48 part to the owner of the article or to the person in whose charge and custody the article is. (3) It shall be the duty of the owner of the article or of the person in whose charge and custody the article is, to furnish the analyst at the time he takes the sample with a statement in writing containing all the particulars required to be included in a statutory statement under section 67 relating to the article from which the sample is taken. (4) If the owner or person for the time being with charge and custody of any article refuses to allow the analyst to take a sample of the article or wilfully delays or obstructs the analyst in obtaining a sample or refuses to furnish him with a statement as required by this section, he commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.