Report of Insecticide Analyst
Section 24 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 deals with report of Insecticide Analyst. The Insecticide Analyst to whom a sample of any insecticide has been submitted for test or analysis under sub-section (6) of section 22, shall, within a period of [thirty] days, deliver to the Insecticide Inspector submitting it a signed report in duplicate in the prescribed form. The Act came into force on 01 Mar 1971.
(1) The Insecticide Analyst to whom a sample of any insecticide has been submitted for test or analysis under sub-section (6) of section 22, shall, within a period of 1 [thirty] days, deliver to the Insecticide Inspector submitting it a signed report in duplicate in the prescribed form.
(2) The Insecticide Inspector on receipt thereof shall deliver one copy of the report to the person from whom the sample was taken and shall retain the other copy for use in any prosecution in respect of the sample.
(3) Any document purporting to be a report signed by an Insecticide Analyst shall be evidence of the facts stated therein, and such evidence shall be conclusive unless the person from whom the sample was taken has within twenty-eight days of the receipt of a copy of the report notified in writing the Insecticide Inspector or the court before which any proceedings in respect of the sample are pending that he intends to adduce evidence in controversion of the report.
(4) Unless the sample has already been tested or analysed in the Central Insecticides Laboratory, where a person has under sub-section (3) notified his intention of adducing evidence in controversion of the Insecticide Analysts report, the court may, of its own motion or in its discretion at the request either of the complainant or of the accused, cause the sample of the insecticide produced before the magistrate under sub-section (6) of section 22 to be sent for test or analysis to the said laboratory, 2 [which shall, within a period of thirty days, make the test or analysis] and report in writing signed by, or under the authority of, the Director of the Central Insecticides Laboratory the result thereof, and such report shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.
(5) The cost of a test or analysis made by the Central Insecticides Laboratory under sub-section (4) shall be paid by the complainant or the accused, as the court shall direct.
Section 24, The Insecticides Act, 1968 (Act 46 of 1968).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Northern Minerals Ltd. v. Plant Protection Officer
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Final Order order-1.pdf body dated 16.07.2008 (named judgment; DATE-CHECK FP pattern). Insecticides Act s.24 Report of Insecticide Analyst: shelf-life / reanalysis rights when sample testing and prosecution timing frustrate the statutory second-test pathway.
On this section: s.24 Report of Insecticide Analyst — reanalysis/shelf-life pathway must remain meaningful.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
2 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 24
What have the courts held on Section 24 of the Insecticides Act?
Northern Minerals Ltd. v. Plant Protection Officer (16 Jul 2008) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: s.24 Report of Insecticide Analyst — reanalysis/shelf-life pathway must remain meaningful.
How do I find court cases under Section 24 of the Insecticides Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Insecticides Act 1968 24, section 24 Insecticides Act 1968, section 24 of the Insecticides Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Northern Minerals Ltd. v. Plant Protection Officer (16 Jul 2008).
What should I read with Section 24 of the Insecticides Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 22 (Procedure to be followed by Insecticide Inspectors), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. 2 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently Insecticide Rule 1971 (1971), then Insecticides Rules, 1971 (1971).
When did Section 24 of the Insecticides Act come into force?
Section 24 of the Insecticides Act, cited as Insecticides Act 1968 24, came into force on 01 Mar 1971, having been enacted on 02 Sep 1968. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 36. Power of Central Government to make rules798 words
- 3. Definitions710 words
- 9. Registration of insecticides697 words
- 4. The Central Insecticides Board591 words
- 22. Procedure to be followed by Insecticide Inspectors555 words
- 29. Offences and punishment437 words
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