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(1) An authorized officer shall, before or forthwith after taking or obtaining a sample of any substance under this Act for analysis, inform the seller or his agent or servant or the person apparently having possession, custody, or control of the lot from which the sample is to be or was taken or obtained that he intends to have the sample analysed by an Analyst. (2) The authorized officer shall thereupon divide the sample into three approximately equal parts and shall mark and seal or fasten, in such manner as its nature will permit, each such part and shall offer one of such parts to the seller or his agent or servant or the person apparently having possession, custody, or control of the lot from which the sample was taken or obtained. (3) The authorized officer shall subsequently deliver, either personally by registered post or courier service, another of such parts to an Analyst, and shall retain the third of such parts for future comparison or use. (4) If the substance is in packages of small volume, the requirements of this section shall be deemed to be complied with if the authorized officer takes or obtains three unopened packages of the substance and deals with them as if they were the three parts into which the sample is required to be divided. Time to commence analysis