Northern Territory Numbered Acts

OATHS, AFFIDAVITS AND DECLARATIONS ACT 2010 (NO 39 OF 2010)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Application of Criminal Code  

   PART 2--OATHS

   5.      Form of oath  
   6.      Content of oath  
   7.      Who may administer oath  
   8.      How oath to be administered in court or tribunal  
   9.      How oath to be administered in other cases  
   10.     Other Acts may provide for form and administration of oath  
   11.     Alternative form and administration of oath  
   12.     Matters relating to oath in religious form  
   13.     Minor non-compliance does not affect validity  

   PART 3--AFFIDAVITS

   14.     How affidavit to be made  
   15.     Who may witness affidavit  
   16.     Other Acts may provide for how affidavit to be made  

   PART 4--STATUTORY AND UNATTESTED DECLARATIONS

   17.     When declaration may be made  
   18.     Form of declaration  
   19.     Written statutory declaration  
   20.     Recorded statutory declaration  
   21.     Unattested declarations  
   22.     Other Acts may provide for how declaration to be made  

   PART 5--COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS

   23.     Commissioners for oaths  
   24.     Powers of commissioner for oaths  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   25.     Counter-signing other document or notarial act done out of Territory  
   26.     Evidentiary matters – facilitation of proof  
   27.     Altering an affidavit or declaration to become false or misleading  
   28.     Competence of witness unable to understand nature of oath  
   29.     Regulations  

   PART 7--REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL MATTERS

           Division 1--Repeals

   30.     Acts repealed  

           Division 2--Transitional matters for Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010

   31.     Definitions  
   32.     Commissioners for oaths  
   33.     Oaths, affidavits and declarations taken or made before commencement  
   34.     Declarations using forms under repealed Act  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2