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IssuesandproceedingsbeforetheCommittee  4.1Beforeconsideringanyclaimcontainedinacommunication,theHumanRightsCommittee ` must,inaccordancewithrule87ofitsrulesofprocedure,decidewhetherornotitisadmissible P undertheOptionalProtocoltotheCovenant. @ 4.2Counselbaseshiscommunicationontheallegationthatsections128and130(1)oftheLiquor  p ControlActofNovaScotiaviolatethepresumptionofinnocence,andthusarticle14(2)ofthe ` Covenant.TheCommitteenotesfromtheinformationbeforeit,thattheauthorinwasconvictedon P thebasisthathisguilthadbeenprovenbeyondanyreasonabledoubt.Inthepresentcase,thecourts @ didnotrelyonthesectionsoftheLiquorControlActthatcounselseekstoattack.TheCommittee 0 concludesthereforethatthecommunicationisinadmissibleunderarticle1oftheOptionalProtocol,   sincetheauthorcannotclaimtobeavictimoftheallegedviolation. ! 5.TheHumanRightsCommitteedecides: #! a)thatthecommunicationisinadmissibleunderarticle1oftheOptionalProtocol; % # b)thatthisdecisionshallbecommunicatedtotheauthorandhiscounseland,forinformation,tothe `'"% Stateparty. P(#& ______________________ 0*%( *ThefollowingmembersoftheCommitteeparticipatedintheexaminationofthepresent ,`'* communication:Mr._Nisuke_ԀAndo,Mr._P.N._Ԁ_Bhagwati_,Ms.Christine_Chanet_,Lord_Colville_,Ms. -P(+ ElizabethEvatt,Mr.Louis_Henkin_,Mr._Eckart_ԀKlein,Mr.David_Kretzmer_,Mr._Rajsoomer_ԀLallah, -@), Ms.CeciliaMedina_Quiroga_,Mr.Martin_Scheinin_,Mr._Hip;;lito_Ԁ_Solari_Ԁ_Yrigoyen_,Mr.Roman  _Wieruszewski_,andMr._Abdallah_Ԁ_Zakhia_.  1/Section78(2)reads:"ExceptasauthorizedbytheActortheregulations,noliquorshallbe  manufactured,transported,keptorhadbyanyperson."Section89(1)oftheActprohibitspossession p ofliquorbyanypersonundertheageofnineteen.Itisnotdisputedthattheauthorwasunderage `  atthetimeoftheoffence. P  2/Counselreferstosections128and130(1)oftheLiquorControlAct,whichread: 0  0  "128.If,ontheprosecutionofanypersonchargedwithcommittinganoffenceagainstthis `  Act,insellingorkeepingforsaleorgivingorkeepingorhavingorpurchasingorreceiving P  ofliquor,primafacieproofisgiventhatthepersonhadinhispossessionorchargeorcontrol @  anyliquorinrespectoforconcerningwhichheisbeingprosecuted,then,unlesstheperson 0  provesthathedidnotcommittheoffencewithwhichheissocharged,hemaybeconvicted   oftheoffence."(#(# 0  "130(1)Theburdenofprovingtherighttohaveorkeeporsellorgiveorpurchaseor  consumeliquorshallbeonthepersonaccusedofimproperlyorunlawfullyhavingor  keepingorsellingorgivingorpurchasingorconsumingtheliquor,notwithstandingthatthe  prosecutionhasgivenanyevidencewhatsoeverinadditiontotheprimafacieproofreferred p toinSection128."`(#(# [AdoptedinEnglish,FrenchandSpanish,theEnglishtextbeingtheoriginalversion.Subsequently 0 alsotobetranslatedintoArabic,ChineseandRussianaspartoftheCommittee'sannualreportto  p theGeneralAssembly.] ` !