Victorian Numbered Acts

OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS ACT 2018 (NO. 6 OF 2018) - SECT 10

    (1)     A person may use a religious text in taking an oath, but is not required to do so.

    (2)     A person may take an oath even if the person's religious or spiritual beliefs do not include a belief in the existence of a god.

    (3)     An oath is effective even if the person who takes it does not have—

        (a)     a religious belief; or

        (b)     a religious belief of a particular kind.

    (4)     Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, the form of oath made by a person—

        (a)     need not include a reference to a god; and

        (b)     may instead refer to the basis of the person's beliefs.