OATHS, AFFIDAVITS AND DECLARATIONS ACT 2010 (NO 39 OF 2010)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Definitions  
• 4 Application of Criminal Code  

PART 2--OATHS

• 5 Form of oath  
• 6 Content of oath  
• 7 Who may administer oath  
• 8 How oath to be administered in court or tribunal  
• 9 How oath to be administered in other cases  
• 10 Other Acts may provide for form and administration of oath  
• 11 Alternative form and administration of oath  
• 12 Matters relating to oath in religious form  
• 13 Minor non-compliance does not affect validity  

PART 3--AFFIDAVITS

• 14 How affidavit to be made  
• 15 Who may witness affidavit  
• 16 Other Acts may provide for how affidavit to be made  

PART 4--STATUTORY AND UNATTESTED DECLARATIONS

• 17 When declaration may be made  
• 18 Form of declaration  
• 19 Written statutory declaration  
• 20 Recorded statutory declaration  
• 21 Unattested declarations  
• 22 Other Acts may provide for how declaration to be made  

PART 5--COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS

• 23 Commissioners for oaths  
• 24 Powers of commissioner for oaths  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 25 Counter-signing other document or notarial act done out of Territory  
• 26 Evidentiary matters – facilitation of proof  
• 27 Altering an affidavit or declaration to become false or misleading  
• 28 Competence of witness unable to understand nature of oath  
• 29 Regulations  

PART 7--REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL MATTERS

Division 1--Repeals

• 30 Acts repealed  

Division 2--Transitional matters for Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010

• 31 Definitions  
• 32 Commissioners for oaths  
• 33 Oaths, affidavits and declarations taken or made before commencement  
• 34 Declarations using forms under repealed Act  
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2