Mera Samvidhaan All of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

The Act · Sections 1 to 10

8A5[Burden of proof in certain cases.

Section 8A · The Act · page 5 of the Act

Where any person is prosecuted for taking or abetting the taking of any dowry under section 3, or the demanding of dowry under section 4, the burden of proving that he had not committed an offence under those sections shall be on him.]

Note: not listed in the Act's arrangement of sections.

5 Ins. by Act 43 of 1986, s. 8 (w.e.f. 19-11-1986).

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