(1) Any officer may take a sample, of approved size, of any wash, low-wines or spirits from any package, vessel or utensil in a distillery; and the temperature hydrometer-indication and strength of any sample so taken shall be deemed to be respectively the temperature hydrometer-indication and strength of the whole contents of the package, vessel or utensil from which the sample is to be taken.
(2) Before any such sample is taken a distiller may if he or she desires, and must if required by an officer, stir up and mix together all the liquor contained in the package, vessel or utensil from which the sample is to be taken.