PROMISSORY OATHS ORDINANCE

PROMISSORY OATHS ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 90.

PROMISSORY OATHS.

To amend the law relating to promissory oaths.

[24th September, 1869.]

1. This Ordinance, may he cited as the Promissory Oaths
Ordinance.

2. Each of the officers specified in the First Schedule shall take the
oath of allegiance and the judicial oath, unless the same shall have
been taken upon previous appointment to the same office in the
Colony, aiid such oath shall be tendered in the manner specified in
such Schedule as soon as may be after acceptance of office.

3. (1) A member of the Executive Council shall take-

(a) the oath of allegiance, unless he shall have taken such oath upon previous
appointment to Executive Council or to Legislative Council in the Colony;
and

(b) an oath of fidelity in the discharge of his duties, unless he shall have
taken such oath upon previous appointment to Executive Council in the Colony.

(2) An ex officio member of Executive Council, unless lie shall have
taken such oath upon previous appointment to the same office in the
Colony, shall also take the official oath relating to the discharge of his
duties in such office as soon as may be after his acceptance of office.

(3) The said oaths shall be tendered by the Governor, or other
person lawfully presiding.

4. A member of the Legislative Council, unless lie shall have taken
such oath upon previous appointment to Legislative Council or to
Executive Council in the Colony, shall take the oath of allegiance, and
the same shall be tendered by the Governor, or other persoii lawfully
presiding.





5. (1) The Clerk of Councils and the Deputy, Clerk of Councils
shall each take the oath of allegiance and an oath of secrecy, unless
such officer shall have taken such oaths upon previous appointment
as Clerk of Councils or Deputy Clerk of Councils in the Colony.

(2) The said oaths shall be tendered by the Colonial Secretary.

6. If any person declines or neglects, when any oath required to
be taken by him under this Ordinance is duly tendered, to take such
oath, he shall, if he has already entered on his office, vacate the same
and, if he has not entered on his office, be disqualified from entering on
the same.

7. The oaths to be taken hereunder shall be in the form prescribed
in the Second Schedule,

8. Where, previously to the commencement of this Ordinance, the
taking of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, or any
two or one of such oaths, or any oath substituted therefor formed a
condition precedent or subsequent to the attainment by any person of
any office, privilege, civil rights, exemption, or other benefit, there shall
be substituted for such oaths or any, two or one of thern, or for such
substituted oath, the oath of allegiance prescribed by this Ordinance.

9. Where in any oath under this Ordinance the name of His
present Majesty is expressed, the name of the Sovereign for the time
being shall be substituted.

FIRST SCHEDULE. [S, 2.]

The Judges ......The Oaths to be tendered by the
.................Governor.
.................The Oaths to be tendered by a
The Magistrates Judge.

The Justices of the Peace The Oaths to be tendered by a
Magistrate.





SECOND SCHEDULE.

The Oath of Allegiance, [ss. 2, 3,
4, 5, 7.]

I, do swear that I will be
faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King George the
Sixth, His Heirs and Successors, according to law. So help me God.

The Judicial 0ath. [ss. 2, 7.]

I, ,do swear that I will well and
truly serve Out. Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth in the office of , and I
will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this Colony,
without fear or favour, affection or ill will. So help me God.

The Oath, of Fidelity. [ss. 3, 7.]

I, being chosen and
admitted of His Majesty's Executive Council in this Colony, do swear that I
will, to the best of my judgment, at all times when thereto required, freely give
my counsel and advice to the Governor, or Officer Administering the
Governnient of this Colony for the time being, for the good management of the
public affairs of this Colony; that I will not directly or indirectly reveal such
matters as shall be debated in Council and committed to my secrecy, but that I
will in all things be a true and faithful Councillor. So help me God;

The Official Oath. [ss. 3, 7.]

I, do swear that I will well
and truly serve, His Majesty King George the Sixth in the office
of So help me God.

The Oath. of Secrecy. [ss. 5, 7,]

I, having been appointed Clerk of
Councils (or Deputy Clerk of Councils) in this Colony, do swear that I will
not directly or indirectly reveal such matters as shall be debated in the
Executive Council and committed to my secrecy. So help me God.
Originally 4 of 1869. Fraser 1 of 1869. 39 of 1939. 9 of 1950. Oaths of judicial persons. First Schedule. 9 of 1950. Schedule. Oaths of Executive Councillors. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oath of Legislative Councillor. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oaths of Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Councils. 9 of 1950. Schedule. Consequence of non-compliance. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Forms of oath. Second Schedule. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oath of allegiance substituted of oaths of supremacy, and abjuration 31 & 32 Vict, c. 72, s. 8. Use of name of Sovereign for time being. 31 & 32 Vict, s. 72,s . 10. 89 of 1939, s. 6. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 9 of 1950, Schedule.

Originally 4 of 1869. Fraser 1 of 1869. 39 of 1939. 9 of 1950. Oaths of judicial persons. First Schedule. 9 of 1950. Schedule. Oaths of Executive Councillors. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oath of Legislative Councillor. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oaths of Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Councils. 9 of 1950. Schedule. Consequence of non-compliance. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Forms of oath. Second Schedule. 9 of 1950, Schedule. Oath of allegiance substituted of oaths of supremacy, and abjuration 31 & 32 Vict, c. 72, s. 8. Use of name of Sovereign for time being. 31 & 32 Vict, s. 72,s . 10. 89 of 1939, s. 6. 9 of 1950, Schedule. 9 of 1950, Schedule.

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