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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1469. Presumptions
(a) In any prosecution under this chapter in which an element of
the offense is that the matter in question was transported,
shipped, or carried in interstate commerce, proof, by either
circumstantial or direct evidence, that such matter was produced or
manufactured in one State and is subsequently located in another
State shall raise a rebuttable presumption that such matter was
transported, shipped, or carried in interstate commerce.
(b) In any prosecution under this chapter in which an element of
the offense is that the matter in question was transported,
shipped, or carried in foreign commerce, proof, by either
circumstantial or direct evidence, that such matter was produced or
manufactured outside of the United States and is subsequently
located in the United States shall raise a rebuttable presumption
that such matter was transported, shipped, or carried in foreign
commerce.
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