Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 21

21. (1) A witness in a proceeding must either take an oath, or make an
affirmation, before giving evidence.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who gives unsworn evidence under
subsection 13(2).

(3) A person who is called merely to produce a document or thing to the court
need not take an oath or make an affirmation before doing so.

(4) The witness is to take the oath, or make the affirmation, in accordance
with the appropriate form in the Schedule or in a similar form.

(5) Such an affirmation has the same effect for all purposes as an oath.