Admissibility
of notarial acts done before British diplo malic and consular
officers
Jer. 1809 c. 10.
*. SCU
(89) <. 50, x,1
Evidence for foreign civil proceedings.
Jer. 1963 c. 27, 16, 18
Taking and receiving declarations.
lef. 1835 ¤AŁAJ
Manner of making
declarations. Tex. 1835
c. 62,■. 20.1
Form of declaration. Fim: Schedule. ler. 1994 6.62, 18.1
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(b) relating to any proceedings before the Legislative
Council or before any committee thereof; or
(c) for the purpose of legal proceedings in any foreign
country; or
(d) required by the law of any foreign country to give validity to any document designed to be used in that country.
(4) Nothing in this section shall extend to an oath, affidavit or affirmation before a notary required by the law of any foreign country to give validity to any document designed to be used in that country.
10. An oath, affidavit, affirmation and notarial act adminis- tered, sworn, affirmed, or done under section 6 of the Commis- sioners for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891 shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn, affirmed, or done by or before any lawful authority in Hong Kong.
11. A person appointed by a court or other judicial authority of a foreign country shall have power in Hong Kong to administer oaths or take affidavits for the purpose of taking evidence for use in proceedings, not being criminal proceedings, carried on under the law of that country,
PAR III
STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
12. A justice, notary, commissioner or other person av thorized by law to administer an oath may take and receive the declaration of any person made before him in the manner pro- vided by section 14.
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.
PART IV
PROMISSORY OATHS
16. The Oaths referred to in this Ordinance as-
(a) the Oath of Allegiance;
(b) the Judicial Oath;
(c) the Oath of Fidelity:
(d) the Official Oath; and
(e) the Oath of Secrecy.
shall be in the respective forms set out in Parts I to V of the Second Schedule.
Declaration in writing suffi- cient to prove execution of will etc. Int. 1835
63. m. 15.1
Forms of Oaths. Ler. 1866 e. 72, 14. 2. 3. 4)
Scooad Schedade.
Oaths of
17. Each of the judicial officers specified in the Third Schedule shall take the Oath of Allegiance and the Judicial Oath, judicial officers, 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 Allegiance and the Oath of Fidelity as soon as possible after his appointment.
(2) An ex officio member of the Executive Council shall also take the Official Oath as soon as possible after his appoint-
ment.
(3) The Oaths taken by members of the Executive Council shall be tendered by the Governor, or other member presiding.
19. A member of the Legislative Council shall, as soon as possible after his appointment, take the Oath of Allegiance, which shall be tendered by the Governor, or other member presiding.
20. The Clerk of Councils and the Deputy Clerk of Councils shall, as soon as possible after appointment, each take the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Secrecy, which shall be tendered by the Colonial Secretary.
21. Any person who declines or neglects to take an oath duly tendered which he is required to take by this Part, shall–
(a) if he has already entered on his office, vacate it, and
Thick Schedule. (67, 1868 c. 72, 1. 6.)
Oaths of Executive Councillors.
[el. 1868 c. 72, u. 5.)
Oath of Legislative Councillors.
Oaths of Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Councils.
Consequence of non- compliance.