STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ORDINANCE, 1893

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ORDINANCE, 1893

No. 8 of 1893.
An Ordinance concerning statutory declarations.

[4th September, 1893.]

WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament known as 'The
Statutory Declarations Act, 1835,' after reciting that it
might be necessary and proper in many cases not therein
specified to require confirmation of written instruments
or allegations or proof of debts or of the execution of
deeds or other matters, it was enacted (amongst other
things) that it should and might be lawful for any
justice of*the peace, notary public, or other officer then
by law authorized to administer an oath to take and
receive the declaration of any person voluntarily making
the same before him in the form in the Schedule thereto
annexed, and that if any declaration so made should
be false or untrue in any material particular the person
wilfully making such false declaration should be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor; ANb WHEREAS it has been the
practice for justices of the peace and others in.this Colony
to take and receive declarations purporting to be made by
virtue of the provisions of the said Act; AND WHEREAS
doubts have arisen whether or not the said enactment
extends to and is in force. in this Colony and whether
or not the said practice is legal, and it is expedient to
remove such doubts, and to make further provision
regarding statutory declarations:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Statutory Declara-
tions Ordinance, 1893.





2. The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835, shall be-deemed
to be in force in this Colony and to have so been from the date
when the Colony obtained a local legislature, that is to say, from
the 5th day of April, 1843.

3. A declaration made in Form No. 1 or Form No. 2 as
the case may be, in the Schedule shall be deemed to be a
statutory declaration made by virtue of the provisions of the
said Act and shall be sufficient for all purposes.

4. Where the declarant is unacquainted with the English
language the declaration shall be in'Form No. 2 in the Schedule,
the interpreter having been first declared as in Form No. 3 in
the Schedule, or sworn to the like effect. The declaration of the
interpreter shall be deemed to be a statutory declaration.

[s. 5, rep. No. 21 of 1922.]

SCHEDULE.

Form No. 1. [s. 3.]

Declaration.
1, A.B., do solemnly aud sincerely declare that
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true and by virtue of the 'provisions of the
Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

(Signed.) A.B.

Declared 6t in Hong Kong* this day of
19
Before me,

[Name and designation of the justice, notary
public, or other authorized officer.]





Foam No. 2. [ss. 3,and 4.]

Declaration by a person who does not understand the
English language.

1, A. B., do solemnly and. sincerely declare that
and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
same to he true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory
Declarations Act, 1835.

(Signed.) A.B.

Declared at in llong Kong* this day of
19 1 through the interpretation of of
the said having been also first declared [or sworn,
as the case may be] that he had truly, distinctly, and audibly
interpreted the contents of this document to the declarant, and that
he would truly and faithfully interpret the declaration about to be
administered to him.
Before me,

[Name and designation of the justice, notary
public, or other authorized officer.]

FoRm'No. 3. 4.]

Declaration or oath by interpreter.

I, C.D., do solemnly and sincerely, declar&I that 1 well underst~nd
the English and Chinese [or as the cam may be] languages and that 1
have truly, distinctly, and audibly interpreted the contents of this
document to the declarant A.B., and that 1 will truly and faithfully
interpret the declaration about to be administered to him.

(Signed.) C.D.,
Interpreter.

Declared at in Hong Kongf this day of

19 Before me,

[Name and designation of the justice, notary
public, or other authorized officer.]

No. 9 of 1893, repealed by No. 23 Of 1909.
[Originally No. 12 of 1893.] 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 62. Short title. Enactment of Statutory Declarations Act, 1835. Form of declaration. Schedule. Forms Nos. 1 and 2. Declaration by foreigner. Schedule. Forms Nos. 2 and 3. * Or as the case may be. * Or as the case may be. * In case of 'oath' substitute the word 'swear' for the words 'solemnly and sincerely declare.' Or as the case may be.

[Originally No. 12 of 1893.] 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 62. Short title. Enactment of Statutory Declarations Act, 1835. Form of declaration. Schedule. Forms Nos. 1 and 2. Declaration by foreigner. Schedule. Forms Nos. 2 and 3. * Or as the case may be. * Or as the case may be. * In case of 'oath' substitute the word 'swear' for the words 'solemnly and sincerely declare.' Or as the case may be.

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