(1) Prosecutions under sections 46 and 47 may be instituted by the Chief Education Officer.
(2) In prosecutions under sections 46 and 47 a statement as to the attendance or non-attendance at school of any child, signed or purporting to be signed by the principal of the school, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(3) In any prosecution under this section, a birth or baptismal certificate or a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the person in whose custody such records are held is evidence of the age of the person named in the certificate or copy.
(4) In the absence of any certificate or copy mentioned in subsection (3), or in corroboration of any such certificate or copy, the court may receive and act upon any other documents or information relating to age that it considers reliable.
(5) In any prosecution under sections 46 and 47, the court may draw inferences as to the age of a person from the person's demeanour or from statements made by the person in direct examination or cross-examination.