5.02. At least 5 clear days before the date of the special inquiry, the committee shall, through its secretary, send the chemist in question, by registered or certified mail, a notice in accordance with the form in Schedule 2.
Where the sending of a notice to the chemist could jeopardize the objects for which a special inquiry is to be held, the committee may authorize an investigator to make such inquiry without notice.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. C-15, r. 7, s. 5.02.