Declaration In Lieu Of Oath - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

Declaration in lieu of oath. By the (English) Statutory Declarations Act, 1835 (5 & 6Wm. 4, c. 62), any justice of the peace, notary public, or other officer authorized to administer an oath, is empowered to take voluntary declarations in the form specified in the Act; and any person wilfully making such

declaration false in any material particular is guilty of a misdemeanour. The form given by the Act of 1835 is as follows:--

I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely declare that and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the (English) Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.