Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938

Proof of age of juveniles before employment.

17.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to employ any juvenile to do shop work unless or until a birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the age of such juvenile has been produced to such proprietor.

(2) Whenever a birth certificate of a juvenile is required for the purposes of this section, such juvenile or his parent or guardian shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may direct and on payment of a fee of sixpence, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth of such juvenile in the register of births under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof, and forms for such requisition shall on request be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.

(3) If the proprietor of a shop employs a juvenile in contravention of this section such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and such juvenile shall also be guilty of an offence under this section.