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← Oaths and Declarations Act 2000

Oaths and Declarations Act 2000 s 4

s 4 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.

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