STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ORDINANCE

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 11.
STATUTORY DECLARATIONS.
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 in-
struments 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 law-
ful 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 volun-
tarily 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; AND 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
Declarations Ordinance.

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 I or 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 2 in the
Schedule, the interpreter having been first declared as in





Form 3 in the Schedule, or sworn to the like effect. The
declaration of the interpreter sfiall be deemed to be ~a statu-
tory declaration.

SCHEDULE.
FORM 1. [s. 3.]
Declaration
I, A.B., do solemnly and 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 at in Hong Kong* this day* of
19
Before me,
[Name and designation of the justice, notary
public, or other authorized officer.]

FORM 2. [ss. 3 and 4.]
Declaration by a person who does not understand the
English language.
I, A.B., do solemnly and 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 at in Hong Kong* this day of
19 , 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 3. [s. 4.]
Declaration or oath by interpreter.
I, C.D., do solemnly and sincerely declare* that I well understand
the English and Chinese [or as the case may be] languages and that
I have truly, distinctly, and audibly interpreted the contents of this
document to the declarant A.B., and that I will truly and faithfully
interpret the declaration about to be administered to him.
(Signed.) C.D.
Interpreter.
Declared at in Hong Kongt this day of
19
Before me,
[Name and designation of the justice, notary
public, or other authorized officer.]
Originally 12 of 1893. Fraser. 8 of 1893. (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 62.) Short title. Enactment of Statutory Declarations Act, 1835. Form of declaration. Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Declaration by foreigner. Schedule. Forms 2 and 3. [s. 4 cont.] *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 12 of 1893. Fraser. 8 of 1893. (5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 62.) Short title. Enactment of Statutory Declarations Act, 1835. Form of declaration. Schedule. Forms 1 and 2. Declaration by foreigner. Schedule. Forms 2 and 3. [s. 4 cont.] *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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