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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 No. 2 of 1995 - SECT 24

Requirements for oaths
24. (1) It is not necessary that a religious text be used in taking an oath.

(2) An oath is effective for the purposes of this Division even if the person
who took it:

   (a)  did not have a religious belief or did not have a religious belief of
        a particular kind; or

   (b)  did not understand the nature and consequences of the oath. 


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