Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 183, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:"Amendment of Misuse of Drugs Act 1984

170. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1984 is amended by the substitution of the following section

for section 10:

"10. In any proceedings for an offence under the Principal Act or section 5 of this Act, notwithstanding section 169* of the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014 the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of Forensic Science Ireland of the Department of Justice and Equality and relating to—

(a) the receipt, handling, transmission or storage, or

(b) an examination, inspection, test or analysis,

as the case may be, specified in the certificate of a controlled drug or other substance, product or preparation so specified shall, until the

contrary is proved, be evidence of any fact thereby certified without proof of any signature thereon or that any such signature is that of such

officer.".".

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