Dublin Police Act, 1836

Oath to be taken by the justices.

2. Every person to be appointed a justice of the peace by virtue of this Act shall, before he shall begin to execute the duties of his office, take the following oath before some justice or baron of one of his Majesty’s courts of record at Dublin; (that is to say,)

‘I A.B. do swear, that I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute all the powers and duties of a justice of the peace under and by virtue of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, intituled “An Act for improving the police in the district of Dublin metropolis.”’

[S. 3 rep. 37 & 38 Vict. c. 35. (S.L.R.)]