Child Care Act, 1983 (Act No. 74 of 1983)Chapter 9 : General provisions54. Estimating age of person |
| 1) | Whenever in any proceedings in terms of this Act the age of any person is a relevant fact of which no or insufficient evidence is available, the officer presiding at those proceedings may estimate the age of that person by his or her appearance and from any information which is available, and the age so estimated shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the true age of that person. |
| 2) |
| a) | If, after the age of any person has been estimated under subsection (1), information is submitted to the Minister which satisfies him that the age so estimated is not the true age of that person, the Minister may determine that any age, other than the estimated age, was the true age of that person on the date when the estimate was made, and thereupon the person concerned shall be dealt with as if the age so determined were the true age. |
| b) | Such determination of the age shall not affect the validity of anything done before determination and which could lawfully have been done if the estimated age had been the true age. |
| 3) | The age of a person estimated as provided in subsection (1) or (2) shall be deemed to have been attained on the day on which the estimate was made. |