1986 Ed.]
Oaths and Declarations
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13. If by law a person is authorized or required to make a declaration or a statutory declaration, that declaration shall be made and signed in the manner provided by section 14.
14. (1) A declaration shall be in one of the forms set out in the First Schedule.
(2) If the declarant is unfamiliar with the English language, the declaration shall be in the form set out in Part II of the First Schedule and the interpreter shall first make a declaration or take an oath in the form set out in Part III of the First Schedule.
15. An attesting witness to the execution of a will, deed or document, and any other competent person, may verify and prove the signing, sealing, publication or delivery of the will, deed or document by a declaration made in the manner provided by section 14.
Manner of making declarations. (cf. 1835 c. 62, s. 20.)
Form of declaration.
First Schedule. (cf. 1835 c. 62, s. 18.)
Declaration in writing sufficient to prove execution of will etc.
[1835 c. 62, s. 16.]
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PART IV
PROMISSORY OATHS
16. The Oaths referred to in this Ordinance as-
(a) the Oath of Allegiance;
Forms of Oaths. [cf. 1868 c. 72, ss. 2, 3, 4.]
(b) the Judicial Oath;
(c) the Oath of Fidelity;
(ca) the Executive Council Oath; (Added, 32 of 1986, s. 2)
(d) the Official Oath;
(da) the Legislative Council Oath; and (Added, 23 of 1985, s. 2)
(e) the Oath of Secrecy,
shall be in the respective forms set out in Parts I to V of the Second Schedule.
17. Each of the judicial officers specified in the Third Schedule shall take the Oath of Allegiance and the Judicial Oath, which shall be tendered in the manner specified in that Schedule as soon as possible after his appointment.
18. (1) A member of the Executive Council shall take the Oath of Fidelity and either the Oath of Allegiance or the Executive Council Oath as soon as possible after his appointment. (Amended, 32 of 1986, s. 3)
(2) An ex officio member of the Executive Council shall also take the Official Oath as soon as possible after his appointment.
(3) The Oaths taken by members of the Executive Council shall be tendered by the Governor, or other member presiding.
Second Schedule.
Oaths of judicial officers.
Third Schedule. [cf. 1868 c. 72, s. 6.]
Oaths of Executive Councillors. [cf. 1868 c. 72, s. 5.]