Section 72
Presumptions
(1)
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act for an offence consisting of —
(a)
offering a medicinal product for sale by retail in contravention of section 25 or of any conditions prescribed for the purpose of section 26; or
(b)
offering a medicinal product for sale in contravention of section 32(b), where it is proved that that medicinal product was found on a vehicle or stall from which medicinal products are sold, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the person in charge of that vehicle or stall offered that medicinal product for sale and, in a case falling within paragraph (a), that he offered it for sale by retail.
(2)
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act for an offence consisting of a contravention of so much of any provision to which this subsection applies as relates to a person having any medicinal product in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply, where it is proved that the medicinal product in question was found in any premises occupied by the person charged with the offence or under his control, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that he had that medicinal product in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply.
(3)
Subsection (2) applies to sections 32(b), 33, 46(2) and (4), 48(2)
and 49(3).
(4)
For the purposes of any proceedings under this Act for an offence consisting of a contravention of section 47(2) or (3), in relation to leaflets, where it is proved that the leaflet in question was found in any premises occupied by the person charged with the offence or under his control, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that he had the leaflet in his possession for the purpose of supplying it with a medicinal product.