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s 24

Requirements for oaths

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Chapter 2Adducing evidence
Part 2.1Witnesses
Division 2Oaths and affirmations

24 Requirements for oaths

(1)

It is not necessary that a religious text be used in taking an oath.

(2)

An oath is effective for the purposes of this Division even if the person who took it:

(a)

did not have a religious belief or did not have a religious belief of a particular kind; or

(b)

did not understand the nature and consequences of the oath.

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Evidence Act 1995 s 24 — Requirements for oaths (Commonwealth) — Barrister AI