Statutory Declarations Act, 1938
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Statutory declarations. |
1.—(1) It shall be lawful for any of the following persons, that is to say:— | |
(a) a notary public, | ||
(b) a commissioner for oaths, | ||
(c) a peace commissioner, | ||
(d) a person authorised by law to take and receive statutory declarations, | ||
to take and receive the declaration in writing of any person making the same before him in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act. | ||
(2) A declaration made under this section shall be known for all purposes as and is in this Act called a statutory declaration, and, notwithstanding anything contained in any other statute, the expression “statutory declaration” (save if or in so far as it refers to a declaration made before the passing of this Act) shall, in every statute or statutory instrument now in force or hereafter enacted or made, be construed and have effect as meaning a declaration made under this section. | ||
(3) In the first sub-section of this section the expression “a person authorised by law to take and receive statutory declarations” means a person authorised by or under any statute (whether enacted before or after the passing of this Act) to take and receive statutory declarations, and includes a person so authorised to take and receive statutory declarations from particular persons or a particular class of persons or for a particular purpose or in particular circumstances. |