Oath of allegiance
42 Oath of allegiance
No member of Parliament, elected a member of Parliament on or after the commencement of the Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1972, shall be permitted to sit or vote therein until the member has taken and subscribed the following oath before the
Governor, or before some person or persons authorised by the Governor to administer such oath:
It shall not be necessary for any member of Parliament who has taken the oath prescribed herein to take the said oath again in the event of the demise of the Crown; such oath shall be deemed to relate to the Sovereign and the Sovereign's heirs and successors according to law.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the operation of the Oaths Act 1936, as amended, which entitles any person to make an affirmation in lieu of taking any oath required by this Act.
In the case of a member of Parliament elected before the commencement of the Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1972, section 42 of the Constitution
Act 1934, as in force immediately before that commencement, shall, during so much of the term of office for which that member was elected as occurs after that commencement, apply in respect of that member as if the Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1972 had not been enacted.
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