Tanzania
Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act
Chapter 34
- Commenced on 1 May 1967
- [This is the version of this document at 30 November 2019.]
- [Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Oaths and Statutory Declarations Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"court" includes every person or body of persons having by law or consent of parties authority to receive evidence upon oath or affirmation but does not include a court-martial established under the National Defence Act;[Cap. 192]"judicial proceedings" means proceedings before any court;"Minister" means the Minister responsible for legal affairs.Part II – Judicial oaths
3. Authority to administer oaths and affirmations
Every court shall have the authority, itself or by an officer duly authorised by it in that behalf, to administer an oath or affirmation to any person whom it may lawfully examine upon oath or affirmation.4. Persons who may be required to make oath or affirmation
Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in any written law, an oath shall be made by—5. Forms of oaths and affirmations
Every oath or affirmation made under this Act shall be made in the manner and in the form prescribed by rules made under section 8.6. Power of court to tender certain oaths
Where any party to or witness in any judicial proceedings offers to give evidence on oath or affirmation in any form common amongst, or held binding by, persons of the community or persuasion to which he belongs and not repugnant to justice or decency, and not purporting to affect any third person, the court may, if it thinks fit, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4 and 5, administer or direct its officer to administer such oath or affirmation to him.7. A party may offer to be bound by certain oaths or affirmations
8. Rules
9. Irregularity not to affect validity of oath
Where in any judicial proceedings an oath or affirmation has been administered and taken, such oath or affirmation shall be deemed to have been properly administered or taken, notwithstanding any irregularity in the administration or the taking thereof, or any substitution of an oath for an affirmation, or of an affirmation for an oath, or of one form of affirmation for another.Part III – Statutory declarations
10. Statutory declaration to be in prescribed form
Where under any law for the time being in force any person is required or is entitled to make a statutory declaration, the declaration shall be in the form prescribed in the Schedule to this Act:Provided that, where under any written law a form of statutory declaration is prescribed for use for the purposes of that such form may be used for that purpose.11. Power to take statutory declarations
It shall be lawful for any person entitled under the provisions of the Notaries Public and Commissioners for Oaths Act to exercise the powers of a Notary Public or a Commissioner for Oaths to take a statutory declaration of any person voluntarily making and subscribing the same before him.[Cap. 12]12. ***
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[Omitted]History of this document
30 November 2019 this version
Consolidation
01 May 1967
Commenced
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