Statutory Declarations Act, 1835

Suits on behalf of His Majesty to be proved by Declaration

XVII. And be it further enacted, That in all Suits now depending or hereafter to be brought in any Court of Law or Equity by or in behalf of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in any of His said Majesty’s Territories, Plantations, Colonies, Possessions, or Dependencies, for or relating to any Debt or Account, that His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, shall and may prove His and their Debts and Accounts and examine His or their Witness or Witnesses by Declaration, in like Manner as any Subject or Subjects is or are empowered or may do by this present Act.