Reprint as at 1 July 2009
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Part 1Oaths, affirmations, and declarations in general
Oaths and affirmations
3 Form in which oath may be administered
4 Right to make affirmation instead of oath
4A Oaths and affirmations in Māori
5 Oath not affected by absence of religious belief
6 Unlawful administration of oaths
Declarations
7 Persons may make declarations
8 Manner of making declarations
9 Declarations made in New Zealand
Oaths, affirmations, and declarations made outside New Zealand
10 Commonwealth representatives may administer oaths
11 Declarations made outside New Zealand
12 Oaths and declarations of servicemen outside New Zealand
Part 2Oaths and affirmations in judicial proceedings
13 Witnesses under 12 may make declarations
14 Who may administer oaths
15 Mode of administration if not objected to
16 Witness may be sworn in Scots form
Part 3Promissory oaths and affirmations
17 Oath of allegiance
18 Judicial oath
19 Executive Councillor's oath
20 Parliamentary Under-Secretary's oath
21 Official oath
Persons to make and administer oaths
22 By whom oath of allegiance and judicial oath to be taken
23 By whom oath of allegiance and Executive Councillor's oath to be taken
24 By whom Parliamentary Under-Secretary's oath to be taken
25 By whom official oath to be taken [Repealed]
General provisions
26 Effect of neglecting to take oath
27 Oath of allegiance not to be taken except under this Act and other specified Acts
28 Declarations instead of oaths in certain cases
29 Saving as to certain oaths
30 Saving as to persons already holding offices
30A Regulations
Part 4Repeals
31 Certain United Kingdom Acts to cease to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand
32 Repeals and savings
Schedule 1Form of declaration
Schedule 2Persons required to take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath
Schedule 3Persons required to take the official oath
[Repealed]
Schedule 4Other Acts requiring an oath of allegiance
Schedule 5Acts of the Parliament of England or of the United Kingdom ceasing to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand
Schedule 6Enactments repealed
Reprint notes
An Act to consolidate and amend certain enactments of the Parliament of New Zealand relating to oaths, affirmations, and declarations
Title: amended, on 1 January 1987, pursuant to section 29(2) of the Constitution Act 1986 (1986 No 114).