HRS §806-29
Charges do not have to disprove exceptions
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗A criminal charge does not have to say that no exception or excuse applies. If the charge is made, the law assumes there was no legal excuse in that case. This is a narrow rule about how charges are written.
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The statute, as written — Exceptions need not be negatived
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
No indictment for any offense created or defined by statute shall be deemed objectionable for the reason that it fails to negative any exception, excuse, or proviso contained in the statute creating or defining the offense. The fact that the charge is made shall be considered as an allegation that no legal excuse for the doing of the act existed in a particular case.
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