(1) In any prosecution for any offence under this Act which requires a culpable mental state on the part of the accused, the Special Court shall presume the existence of such mental state but it shall be a defence for the accused to prove the fact that he had no such mental state with respect to the act charged as an offence in that prosecution.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a fact is said to be proved only when the Special Court believes it to exist beyond reasonable doubt and not merely when its existence is established by a preponderance of probability.
Explanation.-In this section, "culpable mental state" includes intention, motive, knowledge of a fact and the belief in, or reason to believe, a fact.
Section 27 Medical examination of a child
Section 28 Designation of Special Courts
Section 29 Presumption as to certain offences
Section 30 Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 31 Application of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to proceedings before a Special Court
Section 32 Special Public Prosecutors
Section 33 Procedure and powers of Special Court
Section 35 Period for recording of evidence of child and disposal of case
Section 36 Child not to see accused at the time of testifying
Section 37 Trials to be conducted in camera
Section 38 Assistance of an interpreter or expert while recording evidence of child
Section 39 Guidelines for child to take assistance of experts, etc
Section 40 Right of child to take assistance of legal practitioner
Section 41 Provisions of sections 3 to 13 not to apply in certain cases
Section 42 Alternate punishment
Section 43 Public awareness about Act
Section 44 Monitoring of implementation of Act