s 20 Oaths of officers
20.—(1) The registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars of the Family Justice Courts and such other officers of the Family Justice Courts as may be required by the Chief Justice must, before exercising the functions of their respective offices, take and subscribe the appropriate oath of office set out in the First Schedule.[16/2016] (2) The oath mentioned in subsection (1) may be taken and subscribed before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts or a Supreme Court Judge or a Judicial Commissioner.[40/2019] (2A) To avoid doubt, where an oath of office is required to be taken and subscribed under subsection (1), a person may take and subscribe the oath by appearing before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, a Supreme Court Judge or a Judicial Commissioner through a live video link or live television link created using a remote communication technology that allows the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, Supreme Court Judge or Judicial Commissioner (as the case may be) to —(a) maintain visual contact and communicate with the person taking the oath, and any interpreter present, throughout the process; (b) confirm the identity of the person taking the oath and any interpreter present; and (c) verify by inspection the oath to be subscribed.[Act 25 of 2023 wef 01/12/2023] (3) Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, he or she must —(a) enter in the record of the Family Justice Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him or her; and (b) transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.