Places of Religious Worship Act, 1812

Justices shall give the parties a certificate of having taken such oath, &c.

Fee 2s, 6d.

Certificate conclusive evidence.

8. And . . . every justice of the peace before whom any person shall make and take and subscribe such oaths and declaration as aforesaid shall forthwith give to the person having taken, made, and subscribed such oaths and declaration a certificate thereof under the hand of such justice in the form following; (that is to say,)

‘I A.B., one of his Majesty’s justices of the peace for the county [riding, division, city, or town, or place, as the case may be,] of          do hereby certify, that C.D. of, &c. describing the christian and surname, and place of abode of the party] did this day appear before me, and did make and take and subscribe the several oaths and declaration specified in an Act made in the fifty-second year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled [set forth the title of this Act]. Witness my hand this          day of          one thousand eight hundred and         .’

And for the making and signing of which certificate, where the said oaths and declaration are taken and made on the requisition of the party taking and making the same, such justice shall be entitled to demand and have a fee of two shillings and sixpence, and no more; and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the party named therein has made and taken the oaths and subscribed the declaration in manner required by this Act.