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EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 24

Requirements for oaths

24 Requirements for oaths

(1) It is not necessary that a religious text be used in taking an oath.
(2) An oath is effective for the purposes of this Division even if the person who took it--
(a) did not have a religious belief or did not have a religious belief of a particular kind, or
(b) did not understand the nature and consequences of the oath.



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