38. In proceedings for an offence under section 7, paragraph 2 of section 9 or section 10 or 16, the producer, dealer, carrier or consignee, as the case may be, who was in possession of potatoes which have been the object of a notice under section 5 or 8 is presumed, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, to have intended them for planting.
1984, c. 11, s. 38; 1986, c. 95, s. 233.