Persons may make statutory declarations
s 9
Open ↗9. Any person may voluntarily make a statutory declaration in the manner provided in section 11 or 12 in relation to any matter.
Source
Oaths and Declarations Act 2000 PART 3 — STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
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Where law requires or authorises persons to make statutory declarations
s 10
Open ↗10. Where by any written law (whether made before, on or after 1 January 2001) any person is authorised or required to make a statutory declaration, that statutory declaration must be made in the manner provided in section 11 or 12, as the case may be.
Manner of making statutory declarations in Singapore
s 11
Open ↗11.—(1) A statutory declaration made in Singapore —(a) must be in the form set out in the First Schedule; and (b) must be made before a court, a person acting judicially, or a prescribed person. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect any other written law conferring on any other person the power to take or receive a statutory declaration.
Statutory declarations made outside Singapore
s 12
Open ↗12.—(1) A statutory declaration made in the United Kingdom or any part of the Commonwealth other than Singapore must be made before a notary public or justice of the peace of that country, or other person having authority under any law for the time being in force in that country to take or receive a declaration. (2) A statutory declaration made in any place that is not part of the Commonwealth must be made before a consul or vice consul or before any person having authority under any law for the time being in force in that place to take or receive a declaration.
Statutory declaration sufficient to prove execution of will, etc.
s 13
Open ↗13. An attesting witness to the execution of a will, deed or document, or any other competent person, may verify and prove the signing, sealing, publication or delivery of the will, deed or document by a statutory declaration made in the manner provided under section 11 or 12, as the case may be.
Making of false statutory declaration an offence
s 14
Open ↗14.—(1) Any person who —(a) makes in a statutory declaration a statement which is false, and which the person knows or has reason to believe is false or does not believe to be true, touching any point material to the object for which the declaration is made or used; or (b) corruptly uses or attempts to use as true any statutory declaration made in or outside Singapore knowing the declaration to be false in any material point, shall be guilty of an offence and — (c) if the person made the statutory declaration for use in any stage of a judicial proceeding or (as the case may be) used or attempted to use the statutory declaration in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine; or (d) in any other case, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to 3 years and shall also be liable to a fine. (2) Without limiting subsection (1)(c) —(a) a trial before a subordinate military court within the meaning of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 is a judicial proceeding; and (b) each of the following is treated as a stage of a judicial proceeding:(i) an investigation directed by law that is preliminary to a proceeding before a court, whether the investigation takes place before a court or otherwise; (ii) an investigation directed by a court, and conducted under the authority of a court, whether the investigation takes place before a court or otherwise. (3) Subsection (1)(a) applies to the making of a statutory declaration outside Singapore if the person knows or has reason to believe that the statutory declaration is intended to be used in Singapore; and the person may be dealt with as if the offence had been committed in Singapore. (4) No prosecution may be instituted under this section without the written consent of the Public Prosecutor.[15/2010]
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