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Definition :

Sample, a small quantity of a commodity exhibited at public or private sales as a specimen. Where goods are warehoused, certain small specified quantities may, by the regulations of the Custom House, be taken out as samples without payment of duty.

On a sale of goods by sample, conditions are implied that the bulk shall correspond with the sample, that the buyer shall have a reasonable opportunity of comparing the bulk with the sample, and that the goods shall be freed from any defect, rendering them unmerchantable, which would not be apparent on reasonable examination of the sample, (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 15.

As to samples for the purpose of analysis, see Food and Drugs (Adulteration)Act, 1928 (English) (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31), and ADULTERATION.

Means a sample of any article of food taken under the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, s. 2(xiv)]