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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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