Commissioners for Oaths Act

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT
CHAPTER 33 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 33 THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Appointment of Commissioners for Oaths
4. Annual publication of list of Commissioners for Oaths
5. Powers of Commissioners
6. Particulars to be stated in jurat or attestation clause
7. Offences and penalties
CHAPTER 33
COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS
An Act to make provision for the appointment of Commissioners for Oaths
[6th January, 1939]
44 of 1938
51 of 1951
13 of 1994
Government Notices
303 of 1964
497 of 1964
1. This Act may be cited as the Commissioners for Oaths Act. Short title

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44 of 1938
51 of 1951
13 of 1994
Government Notices
303 of 1964
497 of 1964
1. This Act may be cited as the Commissioners for Oaths Act. Short title

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2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
"Deputy Registrar" means a Deputy Registrar of the High Court;
"Registrar" means the Registrar of the High Court. 3. (1) The Registrar, every Deputy Registrar and every magistrate shall be ex
officio a Commissioner for Oaths. Appointment of
Commissioners for
Oaths
(2) The Chief Justice may, from time to time, by Gazette notice, appoint other
persons to be Commissioners for Oaths, and may in the same manner revoke any such
appointment. (As amended by No. 51 of 1951 and G.N. No. 303 of 1964)
4. The Registrar shall, as near as may be after the 1st April in every year, prepare
a list of all Commissioners for Oaths appointed under subsection (2) of the preceding
section and cause the same to be published in the Gazette. Annual publication of
list of Commissioners
for Oaths
5.

er subsection (2) of the preceding
section and cause the same to be published in the Gazette. Annual publication of
list of Commissioners
for Oaths
5.

A Commissioner for Oaths may administer any oath or take any affidavit or
declaration for the purposes of any court or matter in Zambia, including any matter
required to be sworn, declared or attested under any law relating to the registration of
instruments or documents or under any law relating to passports:
Powers of
Commissioners
Provided that a Commissioner for Oaths shall not exercise any of the powers given
to him by this section in any proceeding in which he is solicitor to any of the parties to the
proceeding, or clerk to any such solicitor, or in which he is interested. (No. 51 of 1951)
6. Every Commissioner for Oaths before whom any oath or affidavit is taken or
made under this Act shall state truly in the jurat or attestation at what place and on what
date the oath or affidavit is taken or made. Particulars to be
stated in jurat or
attestation clause
7.

jurat or attestation at what place and on what
date the oath or affidavit is taken or made. Particulars to be
stated in jurat or
attestation clause
7.

Any person who, not being a Commissioner for Oaths, appointed by or under
this Act, shall hold himself out as a Commissioner for Oaths for the purposes of this Act,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand five
hundred penalty units or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding six months, or to both. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994)
Offences and
penalties