Burden of proof; liabilities

21 U.S. Code § 885. Burden of proof; liabilities

(a) Exemptions and exceptions; presumption in simple possession offenses
(1)
It shall not be necessary for the United States to negative any exemption or exception set forth in this subchapter in any complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding under this subchapter, and the burden of going forward with the evidence with respect to any such exemption or exception shall be upon the person claiming its benefit.
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