Bulgaria

Penal Procedure Code

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.

Keywords

Fair trial standards
Presumption of innocence
Rights during trial - burden of proof



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