CHAPTER 15 - Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act

An Act of Parliament to provide for the appointment of commissioners for oaths, and to make provision in regard to the administering of oaths and the taking of statutory declarations

Arrangement of Sections
Part I - PRELIMINARY
1	Short Title.
Part II - COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS
2	Appointment of Commissioners for Oaths.
3	Commissioner for Oaths to Sign Roll.
4	Powers of Commissioner for Oaths.
5	Particulars to Be Stated in Jurat or Attestation Clause.
6	Rules of Court Under Part.
7	Penalty for Unlawfully Acting as Commissioner for Oaths.
Part III - STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
8	Power to Take Declarations.
9	Fees Payable on Declarations.
10	Mode of Referring to Declaration.
11	Penalty for False Declaration.
Part IV - POWERS OF MAGISTRATES AND CERTAIN COURT OFFICERS
12	Powers of Magistrates and Certain Court Officers to Administer Oaths.
Part V - OATHS BY AFRICANS
13	Oaths by Africans.
Part VI - OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS
14	Authority to Administer Oaths and Affirmations.
15	When Affirmation may Be Made Instead of Oath.
16	Form of Affirmation.
17	Persons by Whom Oaths and Affirmations to Be Made.
18	Forms of Oath.
19	Evidence of Children of Tender Years.
20	Power of Court to Tender Certain Oaths.
21	Validity of Oath Not Affected by Absence of Religious Belief.

Schedules

SCHEDULE

Subsidiary legislation

The Oaths and Statutory Declarations Rules

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