Presumption of age of child

Where any person is charged with an offence under the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, Cap. 98,, or under any other statute for the time being in force, in respect of a child or young person who is alleged in the complaint to be under any specified age, and the child or young person appears to the court to be under that age, the child or young person shall, for the purposes of the said Act or of that other statute, be deemed to be under that age, unless the contrary is proved.