# The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Article 124: Onus of proving exceptions in proceedings upon complaint


(1) When the defendant to a complaint relies for his defence on any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification, the burden of proving such exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification shall be on him.
(2) This Article shall have effect whether the exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification relied on—
(a) accompanies or does not accompany the description of the offence or matter of complaint in the enactment creating the offence or on which the complaint is founded; or
(b) is or is not expressly specified or negatived in the complaint.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/124 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-124
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