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(b)

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where the age of any person at any

time is material for the purposes

of any provision of this Ordinance,

his age at the material time shall

be deemed to be or have been that

which appears to the court or

magistrate, after considering any

available evidence, to be or to

have been his age at that time;

if the charge alleges the

contravention of any of the

provisions of this Ordinance

prohibiting or controlling the

employment of women, young persons

or children and the defendant in

such prosecution is the employer at

the place of employment in or in

respect of which the offence is

alleged to have been committed, it

shall, until the contrary is proved,

be presumed that any woman, young

person or child to whom the charge

relates and who was employed in

the place of employment on the day

on which the offence is alleged to

have been committed was employed

therein on that day by such

employer.".