116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts.The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158.