SELF AGE CERTIFICATION AFFIDAVIT IN THE ABSENCE OF AGE CERTIFICATE IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT AND CAN BE RELIED UPON BY ANY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY?
ILLUSTRATION:1
AN ILLITERATE YOUNG PERSON DOES NOT HAVE AGE CERTIFICATE BUT JUST REMEMBERS THAT HER PARENTS TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS BORN IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN JAMMU & KASHMIR STATE. SHE LOOKS FOR JOB TO CARRY ON HER LIVING. THE EMPLOYER ASKS HER AGE AS HE CANNOT HIRE CHILD LABOR, THEN HE ADVICES HER TO GO TO A LAWYER TO MAKE AN AFFIDAVIT OF HER AGE AND TAT AFFIDAVIT GETS NOTARIZED, THEN WHETHER THAT AFFIDAVIT A LEGAL DOCUMENT OF AGE BEFORE ANY AUTHORITY?
