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Power of granting Commissions to take Affidavits to extend to Scotland and Ireland.
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XLII. ‘And whereas it would be convenient if the Power of the Superior Courts of Common Law and Equity at Westminster to grant Commissions for taking Affidavits to be used in the said Courts respectively should be extended;’ be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Lord High Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal, the said Courts of Law, and the several Judges of the same, shall have such and the same Powers for granting Commissions for taking and receiving Affidavits in Scotland and Ireland, to be used and read in the said Courts respectively, as they now have in all and every the Shires and Counties within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in the Isle of Man, by virtue of the Statutes now in force; and that all and every Person and Persons wilfully swearing or affirming falsely in any Affidavit to be made before any Person or Persons who shall be so empowered to take Affidavits under the Authority aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of Perjury, and shall incur and be liable to the same Pains and Penalties as if such Person had wilfully sworn or affirmed falsely in the open Court in which such Affidavit shall be entitled, and be liable to be prosecuted for such Perjury in any Court of competent Jurisdiction in that Part of the United Kingdom in which such Offence shall have been committed, or in that Part of the United Kingdom in which such Person shall be apprehended on such a Charge.
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