Oaths and affirmations, how administered
7 Oaths and affirmations, how administered
Subject to section 4(3), the person (A) administering an oath to another person (B) must require B, in the presence of A —
to hold or touch a religious text acceptable to B or, in the absence of such a religious text, to hold up one of B’s hands; and
to say aloud the words of the oath, either by repeating them after A or by reading them.
The person (A) taking the affirmation of another person (B) must require B, in the presence of A, to say aloud the words of the affirmation, either by repeating them after A or by reading them.
The person (A) administering an oath or taking the affirmation of another person (B) by means of an audio link or a video link, within the meaning of those terms in the Evidence Act 1906 section 120, may do so in as nearly as practicable the same way as if B were in the presence of A.
[Section 7 amended: No. 5 of 2008 s. 82.]
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