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Thursday, October 26, 1972
OATH ADMINISTRATION SERVICE AT IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
More and more people are now making use of the oath administration
service offered by the enquiries section of the Immigration Department
headquarters.
Since its introduction in May last year, the average number of
oaths administered has risen steadily from some 60 a month to well over
400.
This work is undertaken by the head of the enquiry section, an
immigration officer who has been conferred with the authority of a
Commissioner of Oaths.
The service makes it unnecessary for people who require a simple
statutory declaration to go elsewhere for it, thus saving them a lot of time.
Although it is primarily meant for people who require legal proof
of particular items of information for their travel documents, statutory
declarations are also issued for other related purposes.
"These are the people who find the location of our office near to
their homes or place of work or who find it otherwise more convenient thạn
the courts and city district offices," he explained.
"Of course, priority will be given to those who urgently require
statutory declaration to prove the veracity of registered particulars about
births, deaths, marriages and jobs."
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