107. Inquiry as to age of person appearing to the court to be below
eighteen years 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 he or she is under eighteen years of age, the
court shall make an inquiry as to the age of that person.
(2) In making the inquiry, the court shall take any evidence, including
medical evidence, which it may require.
108. Presumption of age by court conclusive evidence of that person’s
age.
(1) An order or judgment of the court shall not be invalidated by any
subsequent proof that the age of the person has not been correctly stated to
the court, and the age presumed or declared by the court to be the age of that
person shall be deemed to be that person’s true age for the purposes of the
proceedings.
(2) A certificate signed by a medical officer as to the age of a person
under eighteen years of age shall be evidence of that age.
109. General penal provision for offences under the Act.
A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act commits an
offence and, with the exception of a person convicted under section 98, is
liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings
or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both.
110. Regulations.
(1) The Minister may make regulations generally for better carrying
out the provisions and purposes of this Act.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may prescribe in relation
to any contravention of the regulations any penalty not exceeding a fine of
five hundred thousand shillings or two years’ imprisonment or both and may
provide an additional penalty for continuing or repeated contraventions.
(3)
The regulations may also, subject to this Act, provide for the
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