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No. 12 of 1923.
VACCINATION.
Exception of period from May 1 to
in any year.
Schedule and the guardian shall thenceforth not be required to cause the child to be vaccinated.
(9) No guardian shall be liable to any penalty for not causing a child to be vaccinated at any time between the 1st day of May and the 30th day of September in any year, but this provision shall not have the effect of preventing the time from running against a guardian for the purpose of computing the periods of six months or one month referred to in sub-sections (2) and (3) respectively: Provided that in any case where either of the said periods expires at any time between the 1st day of May and the 30th day of September in any year, the guardian of the child shall cause such child to be successfully vaccinated before the 1st day of November in that year.
Continuing offence.
Presumptions and onus.
Custody.
Length of residence.
Child.
Age.
Previous successful vaccination.
(10) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a continuing offence.
15. In any prosecution under this Ordinance —
(a) if any person appears to the magistrate to have had the custody of a child, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that such person had the custody of such child;
(b) if any child has been found within the Colony, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that a period of one month has elapsed since such child was brought within the Colony for the first time;
(c) if it appears to the magistrate that any person who is alleged in the charge to have been a child at the date of the alleged offence was a child at such date, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that such person was a child at such date;
(d) if it appears to the magistrate that any child was over the age of six months at the date of the alleged offence, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that such child was over the age of six months at such date;
(e) if any person alleges any previous successful vaccination, the onus of proving such allegation shall lie on such person.