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FAMILY LAW RULES 20042003 No. 375 - RULE 15.10

Affidavit of illiterate or blind person etc

(1) If a deponent is illiterate, blind, or physically incapable of signing an affidavit, the witness before whom the affidavit is made must certify, at the end of the affidavit, that:

(a)
the affidavit was read to the deponent;

(b)
the deponent seemed to understand the affidavit; and

(c)
for a deponent physically incapable of signing — the deponent indicated that the contents were true.

(2) If a deponent does not have an adequate command of English:

(a)
a translation of the affidavit and oath must be read or given in writing to the deponent in a language that the deponent understands; and

(b)
the translator must certify that the affidavit has been translated.



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