CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 42
CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 42
(1) No member of
Parliament, elected a member of Parliament on or after the commencement of the
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1972 , shall be permitted to sit or vote
therein until the member has taken and subscribed the following oath before
the Governor, or before some person or persons authorised by the Governor to
administer such oath:
"I,
,
do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to [ insert title of
the Sovereign, His/Her ] Heirs and Successors, according to law. SO HELP ME
GOD!".
(2) It shall not be
necessary for any member of Parliament who has taken the oath prescribed
herein to take the said oath again in the event of the demise of the Crown;
such oath shall be deemed to relate to the Sovereign and the Sovereign's heirs
and successors according to law.
(3) Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to affect the operation of the Oaths Act 1936 ,
as amended, which entitles any person to make an affirmation in lieu of taking
any oath required by this Act.
(4) In the case of a
member of Parliament elected before the commencement of the Constitution Act
Amendment Act 1972 , section 42 of the Constitution Act 1934 , as in
force immediately before that commencement, shall, during so much of the term
of office for which that member was elected as occurs after that commencement,
apply in respect of that member as if the Constitution Act Amendment
Act 1972 had not been enacted.