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Power to administer oaths, etc.
3.—(1) A court or person acting judicially may administer, or may empower an officer to administer, any oath, affirmation or caution. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect any other written law conferring on any person the power to administer any oath, affirmation or caution.
Oaths to be taken by witnesses and interpreters
4.—(1) Without affecting any other written law, oaths must be taken by the following persons:(a) a person who may be lawfully examined, or who may give or be required to give evidence, by or before a court or person acting judicially; (b) an interpreter of questions put to, and of evidence given by, a person mentioned in paragraph (a). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to —(a) the official interpreter of a court; or (b) a certificated interpreter in the public service, when performing his or her duties as such interpreter, if he or she has taken an oath to faithfully discharge those duties.
Affirmation in lieu of oath
5. Where a person required by section 4 or any other written law to take an oath —(a) is a Hindu or Muslim or of some other religion according to which oaths are not of binding force; or (b) has a conscientious objection to taking an oath, the person may, instead of taking an oath, make an affirmation.
Caution in lieu of oath or affirmation
6. Where a person required by section 4 or any other written law to take an oath ought not, in the opinion of the court or person acting judicially, to take an oath or make an affirmation by reason of immaturity of age, the person may, instead of taking an oath or making an affirmation, be cautioned by the court or person acting judicially to state the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Form of oath and affirmation
7. An oath under section 4 must be taken and administered, and an affirmation under section 5 must be made and administered, in accordance with the form and manner prescribed by the Rules of Court or any other written law.
Proceedings and evidence not invalidated by omission of oath, etc.
8. No omission to take an oath, make an affirmation or administer a caution, and no irregularity in the form or manner in which an oath is taken, an affirmation is made or a caution is administered, may —(a) invalidate any proceedings or render inadmissible any evidence in or in respect of which the omission or irregularity took place; or (b) affect any obligation of the person taking the oath or making the affirmation or being cautioned to state the truth.
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