How the evidence of a person under 18 years be considered by the court?

Before the court considering the evidence of a person under 18 years, it must have regard of the following; 

1). If the person who is under 18 years does not fall within the category of a child of tender years as per section 127(5) of the Evidence Act, 1967, the court will treat him or her as competent witness to testify. 

2). But if that person does fall within the category of the child of tender years, the Court will conduct Voire dire. 

Note: a child of tender years means a child of or below the apparent age of 14 years.