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Persons appointed under this Act to take an Oath previous to acting.
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XVII. And be it enacted, That no Person appointed under this Act to be an Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, County Inspector, or Sub-Inspector, Receiver, Magistrate, Paymaster, Clerk, Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable, shall be, except as is herein-before provided, capable of holding the said Office, or of acting in any Way therein, until he shall take and subscribe the Oath here following; (that is to say,)
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‘I A.B. do swear, That I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lord the King in the Office of Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, County Inspector, or Sub-Inspector, Receiver, Paymaster, Clerk, Magistrate, Chief Constable or Head Constable, [or Constable, or Sub-Constable, as the Case may be,] without Favour or Affection, Malice or Ill-will; that I will see and cause His Majesty’s Peace to be kept and preserved, and that I will prevent to the best of my Power all Offences against the same; and that while I shall continue to hold the said Office I will, to the best of my Skill and Knowledge, discharge all the Duties thereof, in the Execution of Warrants and otherwise, faithfully according to Law; and that I do not now belong, and that I will not, while I shall hold the said Office, join, subscribe, or belong to any political Society whatsoever, or to any secret Society whatsoever, unless to the Society of Freemasons. So help me GOD.’
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And the said Oath shall be administered, either at General or Petty Sessions or otherwise, by any Two Magistrates, and shall in all Cases be subscribed by the Person taking the same; and the said Oath shall be administered by any Two Magistrates, either in open Sessions or otherwise; and such Magistrates shall forthwith give to the Person taking the same a Certificate thereof under his Hand, such Certificate to be forwarded to the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant, or the Under Secretary, or to such Person as he may appoint.
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