When an Act of Parliament provides that a person shall not do a certain thing unless he has a licence, the onus is always on the defendant to prove that he has a licence because it is a fact peculiarly within his own knowledge
Citations:
[1944] KB 68
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Director of Public Prosecutions v Kavaz Admn 25-Nov-1997
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Criminal Evidence
Updated: 17 July 2022; Ref: scu.196013