Section 11(1)(c) in Jammu and Kashmir Consumer Protection Act, 1987
(c)where the complaint alleges a defect in the goods, which cannot be determined without proper analysis or test of the goods, the [District Forum] [Substituted for "Divisional Forum" by Act No. XXI of 2011, dated 21.04.2002, w.e.f. 08.12.2011.] shall obtain a sample of the goods from the complainant, seal it and authenticate it in the manner prescribed and refer the sample so sealed to the appropriate laboratory along with a direction that such laboratory make an analysis or test, whichever may be necessary, with a view to finding out whether such goods suffer from any defect alleged in the complaint or suffer from any other defect and to report its findings thereon to the [District Forum] [Substituted for "Divisional Forum" by Act No. XXI of 2011, dated 21.04.2002, w.e.f. 08.12.2011.] within a period of forty-five days of the receipt of the reference or within such extended period as may be granted by the [District Forum] [Substituted for "Divisional Forum" by Act No. XXI of 2011, dated 21.04.2002, w.e.f. 08.12.2011.];