Editorial Annotation
Presumption
Statutory Text
394(4) In any proceeding in relation to subsection (2) or (3), in the absence of evidence raising a reasonable doubt to the contrary, it is presumed that (a) in the case of a sale, the seller is not the owner of the valuable mineral or the owner�s agent or someone otherwise acting under lawful authority; and (b) in the case of a purchase, the purchaser, when buying the valuable mineral, had reason to believe that the seller was not the owner of the mineral or the owner�s agent or someone otherwise acting under lawful authority.