[Rev. 2012] Children CAP. 141 any other liability to which he may be subject under this Act, is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both. Miscellaneous Provisions on Protection of Children 143. Presumption and determination of age (1) Where a person, whether charged with an offence or not, is brought before any court otherwise than for the purpose of giving evidence, and it appears to the court that such person is under eighteen years of age, the Court shall make due inquiry as to the age of that person and for that purpose shall take such evidence, including medical evidence, as it may require, but an order or judgment of the court shall not be invalidated by any subsequent proof that the age of that person has not been correctly stated to the court, and the age presumed or declared by the court to be the age of the person so brought before it shall, for the purposes of this Act and of all proceedings thereunder, be deemed to be the true age of the person. (2) A certificate purporting to be signed by a medical practitioner as to the age of a person under eighteen years of age shall be evidence thereof and shall be receivable by a court without proof of signature unless the court otherwise directs. 144. Contribution order (1) A court making an order placing a child under the care of a rehabilitation school may also, at the same time or subsequently, make an order (hereinafter referred to as a “contribution order”) requiring either or both of the parents or the guardian to contribute such sums for such periods as the court shall think fit towards the maintenance of the child concerned. (2) The contribution order shall name the person to whom the sums are to be paid. (3) A contribution order may be made on the complaint or application of a person, to whose care the child has been, or the manager of the rehabilitation school to which the child has been ordered to be sent, and may require that contributions shall be made from the date of the order placing the child under care; and every sum contributed in accordance with the order shall be applied to or towards his maintenance. (4) A court which has made a contribution order under this section may at any time vary, suspend or rescind the order, or revive the order after it has been rescinded, but no contribution order shall be made, varied, suspended, rescinded, or revived unless the court is satisfied that the person liable to make payments under the order and the person, or manager of the rehabilitation school to whom such payments are due, or are to become due, has received due notification of the complaint or application and had an opportunity to appear before the court on the hearing thereof. (5) Arrears of contribution shall be recovered in the manner provided in sections 334 to 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) for the levying of fines imposed by a court in criminal proceedings, and the court shall be C15 - 67 [Issue 1]