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Section 26: Onus as to age

The Puducherry Catering Establishments Act,1964Union territory Act of Puducherry · Act 6 of 1964

(1) When any question arises under this Act whether any person is under a certain age or not the burden shall be on the employer concerned to prove that such person is not under such age.

(2) A declaration by a Government medical officer not below the rank of a Civil Assistant Surgeon that he has personally examined a person employed and believes him to be under the age stated in such declaration shall, for the purposes of this Act and the rules made thereunder, be admissible as evidence of the age of that person.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Puducherry Catering Establishments Act,1964
Section26
Marginal noteOnus as to age
JurisdictionUnion territory of Puducherry
StatusIn force as published by the source

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