[Rev. 2012] CAP. 226 Employment 59. Time restriction in employing a child (1) Subject to section 60, no person shall employ a child in an industrial undertaking between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 6.30 a.m. (2) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (1), a person may employ a male young person in cases of emergencies which could not have been controlled or foreseen, and which interfere with the normal working of the industrial undertaking and which are not of a periodical nature. (3) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (1), the Minister may, after consultation with the Board, authorise an employer in writing to employ a young person for a specific period of the night subject to such conditions as the Minister may determine. 60. Emergencies In case of a serious emergency, when the public interest demands it, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, suspend the operation of section 59. 61. Registers of child in employment An employer who employs a child shall keep and maintain a register containing the following particulars of every child he employs— (a) age and date of birth; (b) date of entry into and of leaving the employment; (c) such other particulars as may be prescribed. 62. Medical examination of a child employee An authorised officer may require a child in employment to be medically examined at any time during the period of the child’s employment. 63. Determination of age (1) If, during the hearing of a charge for an offence under this Act it is alleged that any person was at the date of the offence of, over or under a particular age, the court hearing the charge shall, after such inquiry as it considers necessary and after hearing any evidence which may be tendered by any party to the proceedings, determine the age of that person for the purposes of the proceedings, and the determination shall be final. (2) No conviction, order or judgment of a court under this Act shall be invalidated by any subsequent proof that the age of any person has not been correctly stated to, or determined by, the court. (3) Subject to the provision of subsection (1), whenever any question arises as to the age of an employee and no sufficient evidence is available as to that employee’s age, a medical officer may estimate the age of the employee by his appearance or from any available information, and the age so estimated shall, for purposes of this Act, and until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be the true age of the employee. 39 [Issue 1]