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Burden of proof, etc.- (1) if in any suit or other proceeding in a court a question arises whether a party there to is a debtor under this Act, the court trying the suit or other proceeding shall frame a preliminary issue as to whether such person is not a debtor under this Act and shall decide it before other issues are considered. 12 (2) Notwithstanding anything in any law, the burden of proving that a person is not a debtor under this Act shall lie on the creditor.