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Commissioners for Oaths Act · 2022 Revised Edition
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Every ambassador, envoy, minister, charge’ d’affaires, secretary or consular or other officer of a Brunei Darussalam embassy, legation or consulate, exercising his functions in a foreign country, may in that country, administer any oath or take any affidavit.
affidavit
“affidavit” includes affirmation, declaration (not being a statutory declaration), acknowledgment, examination and attestation.
An oath or affidavit administered or taken by or before such a person as is specified in subsection (1) shall be as effectual as if duly administered or taken by or before a lawful authority in Brunei Darussalam.
A document which purports to be signed by a person authorised to act by subsection (1) shall be admitted in evidence without proof that the document was signed by that person or of the latter’s office.
affidavit
“affidavit” includes affirmation, declaration (not being a statutory declaration), acknowledgment, examination and attestation.