EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 24
Requirements for oaths
EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 24
Requirements for oaths
24 Requirements for oaths
(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.
