5. Evidence

Where in a prosecution for an offence under section 2

the question arises as .to weather any drug or substance is a·

narcotic drug or a psychotropic substance or a substance·

specified in Table I or Table II of the 1988 United Nations

Convention or the SAARC Convention, a report by the

Government Analyst ¡o the effect that such drug oi: substance is a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or a substance specified in Table I or Table II of the 1988 United Nations

Convention or the SAARC Convention, shall be admissible in evidence and shall be· p,rima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

For the purposes of this section "Government Analyst"

shall include the Additional Goyemment Analyst, a Deputy

Government Analyst. a Senior Government Analyst or an

Assistant Government Analyst.