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Section 46: Onus as to age

Tamil Nadu Handloom Workers (Conditions of Employment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981State Act of Tamil Nadu · Act 61 of 1981

(1) When any act or omission would, if a person were under a certain age, be an offence punishable under this Act and such person is in the opinion of the Court, prima facie under such age, the burden shall be oh the accused to prove that such person is not under such age.

(2) A declaration in writing by a medical officer not below the rank of a civil assistant surgeon relating to an employee that he has personally examined him 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 employee.

CHAPTER VIII Miscellaneous

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ActTamil Nadu Handloom Workers (Conditions of Employment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981
Section46
Marginal noteOnus as to age
JurisdictionState of Tamil Nadu
StatusIn force as published by the source

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