Checking quantity of spirits produced from wash

(1) If at any time it appears to the Comptroller that the quantity of spirits produced by any distillery is less than nine- tenths of a gallon of spirits at proof for each five degrees of attenuation on each hundred gallon of wash distilled, the Minister may cause inquiry to be made, and if the distiller fails to show to his satisfaction that the deficiency in production has legitimately arisen, he may cause an officer to be specially employed to superintend the working of the distillery. (2) The expenses incurred by causing an officer to be employed as specified in subsection (1) of this section, shall be paid by the distiller, unless the officer reports that the deficiency in production is not due to any wrongdoing on the part of the distiller.