Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

20.   Onus of proof

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    (1)   In a prosecution for an offence under this Act, the burden of proving that a person found in a house and there receiving medical treatment is not a patient within the meaning of this Act shall be upon the person charged.

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    (2)   In a prosecution for an offence under this Act, the burden of proving that a licence is in force, and its terms, and that a person apparently having the charge, control or management of a private hospital is not the superintendent thereof within the meaning of this Act shall be upon the person charged.