Section 729 — Criminal Code: Proof of certificate of analyst

In a prosecution for failure to comply with a condition in a probation order that the accused not have in possession or use drugs, or a hearing to determine whether the offender breached a condition of a conditional sentence order that the offender not have in possession or use drugs, a certificate purporting to be signed by an analyst stating that the analyst has analyzed or examined a substance and stating the result of the analysis or examination is admissible in evidence and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the statements contained in the certificate without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate. In this section, analyst means a person designated as an analyst under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act or the Cannabis Act . No certificate shall be admitted in evidence unless the party intending to produce it has, before the trial or hearing, as the case may be, given reasonable notice and a copy of the certificate to the party against whom it is to be produced. [Repealed, 2008, c. 18, s. 36] The party against whom a certificate of an analyst is produced may, with leave of the court, require the attendance of the analyst for cross-examination.