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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 24

Requirements for oaths

  (1)   It is not necessary that a religious text be used in taking an oath.

  (2)   An oath is effective for the purposes of this Division even if the person who took it:

  (a)   did not have a religious belief or did not have a religious belief of a particular kind; or

  (b)   did not understand the nature and consequences of the oath.



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