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ACT VI OF 2014 ACT VI OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN FOOD AUTHORITY ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for the safety and standards of food and for establishment of Balochistan Food Authority. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 7th February, 2014] CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD AUTHORITY 11. Public Analysts.---(1) The Food Authority may, by notification, appoint public analysts for such areas as it may assign to them. (2) A public analyst shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed. (3) The production in a trial of a certificate under the hand of a public analyst shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient proof of the facts contained in the certificate. (4) The Court may, of its own accord or on the request of the accused, cause any food or sample of food to be sent for analysis to the public analyst. (5) Unless otherwise directed by the Court, the accused, on whose request any food or sample of food is sent to the public analyst, shall bear its cost.