Statutory Declarations Act, 1938

Statutory declarations.

1.—(1) It shall be lawful for any of the following persons, that is to say:—

(a) a notary public,

(b) a commissioner for oaths,

(c) a peace commissioner,

(d) a person authorised by law to take and receive statutory declarations,

to take and receive the declaration in writing of any person making the same before him in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) A declaration made under this section shall be known for all purposes as and is in this Act called a statutory declaration, and, notwithstanding anything contained in any other statute, the expression “statutory declaration” (save if or in so far as it refers to a declaration made before the passing of this Act) shall, in every statute or statutory instrument now in force or hereafter enacted or made, be construed and have effect as meaning a declaration made under this section.

(3) In the first sub-section of this section the expression “a person authorised by law to take and receive statutory declarations” means a person authorised by or under any statute (whether enacted before or after the passing of this Act) to take and receive statutory declarations, and includes a person so authorised to take and receive statutory declarations from particular persons or a particular class of persons or for a particular purpose or in particular circumstances.