BULGARIA - PENAL PROCEDURE CODE

Part two. EVIDENCING

Chapter eleven. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Art. 103. (1) The burden to prove the indictment in cases of general nature shall fall onto the prosecutor and the bodies of investigation, and in cases instituted on a complaint of the injured – onto the private complainant.

(2) The accused shall not be obligated to prove innocence.

(3) Conclusions against the accused, due to he/she did not give or refuses to give explanations or did not prove his/her objections, shall not be made.

Article 67
Rights of the accused
1. In the determination of any charge, the accused shall be entitled to a public hearing, having regard to the provisions of this Statute, to a fair hearing conducted impartially, and to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality:
(i) Not to have imposed on him or her any reversal of the burden of proof or any onus of rebuttal