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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 26

Oaths, affirmations and declarations.

26.(1) Where any enactment passed or made after the commencement of this Act
authorises or requires evidence to be taken on oath, or authorises or directs
an oath to be made, taken or administered, the oath may be administered, and a
certificate or acknowledgment of its having been made, taken or administered
may be given, by anyone authorised by the enactment to take the evidence, or
by a judge of any court, a notary public, or a commissioner for oaths or
justice of the peace having authority or jurisdiction in the place where the
oath is administered.

(2) In every enactment, the words "oath" and "affidavit" shall, ..., include
affirmation and declaration; and the word "swear" shall, ..., include affirm
and declare.

(3) A reference in an enactment to a statutory declaration shall be construed
as a reference to a declaration made by virtue of the
Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

(4) A power conferred by an enactment upon a justice of the peace to
administer any oath or affirmation, or to take any affidavit or declaration,
may be exercised by a notary public or a commissioner for oaths.

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