COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 22 Power to registrar to administer oaths and affirmations

COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 22

S. 22(1) amended by Nos 7705 s. 9(e), 19/1989 s. 7(p)(i)–(iii), 6/2018 s. 68(Sch.  2 item 33.2).

    (1)     The registrar and every deputy registrar may take and administer affidavits depositions statutory declarations oaths and affirmations in relation to any proceeding.

S. 22(2) amended by Nos 19/1989 s. 7(q)(i)–(iv), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 37.2), 24/2008 s. 65, 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 16), substituted by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch.  2 item 33.3).

    (2)     Any affidavit to be used in the court must be sworn or affirmed before an authorised affidavit taker within the meaning of the Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018 .

Pt 1 Div. 4A (Heading and s. 22A) inserted by No. 51/2008 s. 7.

Division 4A—Aboriginal elders and respected persons

S. 22A inserted by No. 51/2008 s. 7.