Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
R 385
Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998)5. Determination of age of minor |
| (1) | A registering officer may, in respect of a person who allegedly is a minor, accept a birth certificate, an identity document, a sworn statement of a parent or relative of the minor or such other evidence as the registering officer deems appropriate as proof of that person’s age. |
| (2) | If the age of a person who allegedly is a minor is uncertain or is in dispute, and that person’s age is relevant for purposes of this Act, the registering officer may in the prescribed manner submit the matter to a magistrate’s court established in terms of the Magistrates’ Court Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944), which must determine the person’s age and issue the prescribed certificate in regard thereto, which constitutes proof of the person’s age. |
