Chapter:	225	Title:	REFORMATORY SCHOOLS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	34	Heading:	Presumptions	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) The production of the order, warrant or other document, in pursuance of which a child or young person is directed to be sent to a reformatory school, or committed to the care or custody of a society or institution, with a statement endorsed thereon or annexed thereto purporting to be signed by the manager to the effect that the child or young person named therein was duly received into and is at the date of the signing thereof in such school, or by the secretary of such society or institution to the effect that such child or young person was duly taken into the custody or care of such society or institution and is at the date of signing thereof still in its care or custody, or has been otherwise dealt with according to law, shall in all proceedings relating to such child or young person be prima facie evidence of the identity and of the lawful detention or disposal of the child or young person named in such order, warrant or other document.
(2) A school to which any youthful offender is ordered to be sent in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, until the contrary be proved, be presumed to be a reformatory school within the meaning of this Ordinance.