9. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 46B, and shall have effect as section 46C, of the principal enactment: -
46C. For the purposes of the issue to any person of any licence for carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, or of any prosecution instituted against any person for any offence under this Ordinance, the burden of proving that such person is a citizen of Ceylon, or is not a foreign company or foreign firm, shall lie on such person. ". |
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