Queensland Consolidated Acts

OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 33

33 Special provision as to oaths

(1) Any person taking any oath on the Bible or the New Testament or the Old Testament, for any purpose whatsoever, whether in judicial proceedings or otherwise, shall, if physically capable of doing so, hold a copy of a Bible or Testament in the person’s hand, but it shall not be necessary for the person to kiss such copy by way of assent.

(2) The officer administering the oath may repeat the appropriate form of adjuration, and the person taking the oath shall thereupon, while holding in the person’s hand a copy of the Bible or Testament, indicate the person’s assent to the oath so administered by uttering the words ‘So help me, God’; or the person taking the oath may, while holding in the person’s hand a copy of the Bible or Testament, repeat the words of the oath as prescribed or allowed by law.