OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 26B
Appointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer oath
OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 26B
Appointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer oath
26B Appointee of foreign authority may, in certain circumstances, administer
oath
(1) In this section
"foreign authority" means a court, judge, person or body authorised by the law
of a place outside New South Wales to take or receive evidence in that place.
(2) For the purpose of proceedings (other than criminal proceedings) before a
foreign authority, the foreign authority, or a person authorised by the
foreign authority to take and receive evidence in New South Wales, may
administer an oath to a person in New South Wales for the purpose of taking
and receiving that evidence subject, in the case of a foreign authority that
is not a court or judge, to the consent of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court being first obtained.
