Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 11. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY · Article 4. DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIES AND PRACTICES · Part 2. POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS

16-11-125. Burden of proof as to exemptions.

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In any complaint, accusation, or indictment and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of this part it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained in this part, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption shall be upon the defendant.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1968, p. 983, § 6.

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