Victorian Numbered Acts

OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS ACT 2018 (NO. 6 OF 2018) - SECT 8

    (1)     An oath may be taken or an affirmation may be made in accordance with the form of Schedule 1 or in a similar form unless the oath or affirmation is required to be in a particular form—

        (a)     specified by or under any other Act; or

        (b)     by convention or otherwise.

Examples

Section 88AA of the Constitution Act 1975 . Section 16(1)(c) of the Legal Profession Uniform Law (Victoria).

    (2)     An affirmation made in accordance with subsection (1) has the same effect for all purposes as an oath.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (1), without limiting the meaning of a similar form, in the case of a child or a person with a cognitive impairment, the following words are taken to be a similar form of oath or affirmation—

"I promise to tell the truth.".

Note

Other Acts or regulations may also give a person power to administer an oath or affirmation and provide for the form or manner of the administration of an oath or affirmation.