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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · provide compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to employees in certain maritime employments, and for other purposes · Sec. 20

Sec. 20. presumptions

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## Sec. 20 presumptions In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this Act it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary— ###
(a)That the claim comes within the provisions of this Act. ###
(b)That sufficient notice of such claim has been given. ###
(c)That the injury was not occasioned solely by the intoxication of the injured employee. ###
(d)That the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to injure or kill himself or another. **[**[33 U.S.C. 920](/us/usc/t33/s920)**]** Enacted March 4, 1927, Ch. 509, sec. 20, 44 Stat. 1436.
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