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Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1978.
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5.—Section 23 of the Act of 1978 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
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“(3) In a prosecution for an offence under section 49 or 50 of the Principal Act or section 13, 14, 16 or 17, it shall be presumed until the contrary is shown that each of the following persons is a registered medical practitioner:
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(a) a person who by virtue of powers conferred on him by this Part took from another person a specimen of that other person’s blood or was provided by another person with a specimen of that other person’s urine;
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(b) a person for whom, following a requirement under section 13 (1), 14 (1) or 16 (5) to permit the taking by him of a specimen of blood, there was a refusal or failure to give such permission or to comply with a requirement of his in relation to the taking of such a specimen;
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(c) a person for whom, following a requirement under section 13 (1), 14 (1), 16 (5) or 17 (4) to provide for him a specimen of urine, there was a refusal or failure to provide such a specimen or to comply with a requirement of his in relation to the provision of such a specimen.”.
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