SHOPS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1946 - SECT 38 Special provisions as to evidence.

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SHOPS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1946 - SECT 38

Special provisions as to evidence.

38.(1) If a person employed in or about the business of a shop is found in a
shop at any time at which work is going on in the shop or when the shop is
open for the serving of customers, except during the intervals for meals or
rest, he shall until the contrary is proved be deemed for the purposes of
this Act to have been then employed in the shop:

Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to a shop in which the only
persons employed are members of the same family dwelling there.

(2)Where in any proceedings under this Act with respect to a young person it
appears to the court that that young person is apparently of or below the age
alleged by the informant, it shall lie on the defendant to prove that the
young person is not of or below that age.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1955 c.29 (NI) s.5 sch.3

(4) Any order made by a [district council] under this Act may be proved by the
production of a copy thereof certified to be a true copy by the person
purporting to be the clerk of the [district council] by whom the order was
made.

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SHOPS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1946 - SECT 38