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Changes over time for: Section 124
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The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Section 124 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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[Onus of proving exceptions in proceedings upon complaintN.I.
124.—(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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