Oaths Act 1838

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1838 c. 105
Year1838
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Primo. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of certain Oaths.

(1 & 2 Vict.) C A P. CV.

[14th August 1838]

BE it declared and enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That in all Cases in which an Oathmay lawfully be and shall have been administered to any Person, either as a Juryman or a Witness, or a Deponent in any Proceeding, Civil or Criminal, in any Court of Law or Equity in the United Kingdom, or on Appointment to any Office or Employment, or on any Occasion whatever, such Person is bound by the Oath administered, provided the same shall have been administered in such Form and with such Ceremonies as such Person may declare to be binding; and every such Person in case of wilful false swearing...

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