OATHS ORDINANCE, 1910

OATHS ORDINANCE, 1910

No. 42 of 1909, incorporated in No. 7 of 1903.

No. 43 of 1909, repealed by No. 8 of 19112 s. 14.

No. 44 of 1909, in(..orl)orated in No. 16 of 1901.

No. 45 of 1909, repealed by No. 8 of 191-0.

No. 46 of 1909, repealed by No. 9 of 1911.

191-0.

No. 1 of 1910, incorporated in No.2 of IS(S2.

No. 2 of 1910, repealed bY No. 9 of 1911.

No. 3 of 1910.
To regulate the law as to Oaths. [In. force 31st 1910.]

1. The Oaths Ordinance, 1910.

2-(10 Any oath may be administered and taken in the forir
and manner following:-

The person taking the oath shall hold the New Testament, or
in the case of a Jew, the Old Testament, iii his uplifted hand, while
the officer administering the oath repeats the words.of the oath ir
the same manner as heretofore, and the person taking the oatl
shall then say audibly,'I swear by Almighty God -.

(2) The officer shall (unless the person about to take the oatl
voluntarily ob'ects thereto, or is physically incapable of so takin
the oath) administer the oath in the form and matiner aforesaid
without question : Provided that in the case of a person who is
neither a Christian nor a Jew, the oath shall be adi-ninistered in
any manner which is now lawful.
3. If any person to whom an oath is administered desires
to swear with unlifted hand in the form and manner in which an
oath is usually administered in Scotland he shall be permitted so
to do, and the oath shall be administered to him in such form and
manner without further question.

4. In this Ordinance the word---officer---shall mean and include
any and every person duly authorised to adrninister oaths.
Is. 5, rep. No. 112 of 1912.]

Short title. Manner of administration of oaths. Swearing with uplifted hand as in Scotland. Definition.

Short title. Manner of administration of oaths. Swearing with uplifted hand as in Scotland. Definition.

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