S.L. 46.1 Art. 10Extraction of samples.

(1) The Consul shall carry out as many assays as he deems necessary for the purpose of ascertaining the standard of the precious metal articles presented for imprinting.

(2) The Consul may at his discretion extract from one or more parts of any article or any group of articles presented for imprinting any such quantity of metal as is required and should take care to cause least the possible damage by the said extraction.

(3) The Consul shall extract samples for assaying either by a random selection of one or more specific articles or by a process of extraction of small quantities of metal from several articles as he deems appropriate.

(4) The Consul shall return the article in the state it is found after the assay. No compensation will be due for any damage resulting from the extraction of the sample in accordance with the provisions of this legislation.