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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="11-118" title_number="11" title_name="Explosives" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Licenses to Engage in Business as Manufacturer or Dealer or to Possess Explosives">
  <text>In an action under this subtitle:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the State need not disprove any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption under this subtitle; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the burden of proof of an exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption is on the defendant or the holder of any alleged security interest, as the case may be.</text>
  </level>
</section>
