(1) The Minister may, by order, approve such number of laboratories as he may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A laboratory approved under subsection (1) shall be issued with a Certificate of Approval which certificate shall, in any legal proceedings under this Act, be admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.
(3) The Minister shall prepare or cause to be prepared a list of approved laboratories and revise it as the circumstances may require.
Malay text (authoritative)
Makmal diluluskan
(1) Menteri boleh, melalui perintah, meluluskan apa-apa bilangan makmal sebagaimana yang difikirkannya perlu bagi maksud Akta ini.
(2) Sesuatu makmal yang diluluskan di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah diberi suatu Perakuan Kelulusan dan perakuan itu hendaklah, dalam apa-apa prosiding undang-undang di bawah Akta ini, diterima sebagai keterangan dan hendaklah menjadi keterangan prima facie mengenai fakta yang diperakui itu.
(3) Menteri hendaklah menyediakan atau menyebabkan supaya disediakan suatu senarai makmal diluluskan dan menyemaknya mengikut kehendak hal keadaan.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
