Oaths Act 1936 (SA)

South Australia

Oaths Act 1936

An Act relating to oaths, affirmations, declarations, and attestations.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1Short title

Part 2—Promissory oaths and declarations

Division 1—Oaths

4Interpretation

5Oaths to be taken by the Governor

6Oaths to be taken by members of the Executive Council

6AOaths to be taken by Ministers who are not members of the Executive Council or by Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister

7Oaths to be taken by judicial officers

8Form of oath of allegiance

9Form of official oath

10Form of oath of fidelity

11Form of judicial oath

12Use of name of Sovereign for the time being

Division 2—Affirmations

13Affirmation in lieu of oath

14Form of affirmation

15Persons entitled to take affirmations

16Penalty on not taking prescribed oath

Division 3—Miscellaneous

17Prohibition on use of oath of allegiance

18Substitution of declarations for oaths

19Effect of not making declaration as required by this Part

20Saving of power to alter declaration

21Saving

22Saving of rights dependent upon taking an oath

Part 3—Statutory declarations

23Operation of the Imperial Act, 5 and 6 Wm. 4 c. 62

24Part not to apply to oaths in judicial proceedings

25Declaration in lieu of oath

26Fees on taking of oath

27False declaration

Part 4—Commissioners for taking affidavits

28Commissioners for taking affidavits

30Improperly taking affidavits etc

31Supreme Court to take judicial notice of signatures

Part 5—Appointment of police officers to take declarations and attest documents

32Interpretation

33Appointment of police officers to take declarations and attest instruments

34Who may take declarations and attest instruments

35Meaning of terms in declarations and instruments

36Act to apply, notwithstanding provisions of any other Act

Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Oaths Act 1936.

Part 2—Promissory oaths and declarations

Division 1—Oaths

4—Interpretation

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

judicial oath means the oath prescribed by section 11;

oath of allegiance means the oath prescribed by section 8;

oath of fidelity means the oath prescribed by section 10;

official oath means the oath prescribed by section 9.

5—Oaths to be taken by the Governor

(1)The Governor, as soon as may be after his acceptance of office, shall take the oath of allegiance and the official oath in the presence of the Chief Justice or the Acting Chief Justice of the State.

(2)The Master of the Supreme Court or the associate to the Chief Justice or Acting Chief Justice, as the case may be, shall tender those oaths to the Governor.

6—Oaths to be taken by members of the Executive Council

(1)Every member of the Executive Council, as soon as may be after his acceptance of office, shall take the oath of allegiance, the official oath and the oath of fidelity, in the presence of the Governor in Council.

(2)The Clerk of the Executive Council shall tender those oaths to the members of the Executive Council.

(3)Subsection (1) does not require a person to take the oath of allegiance or the oath of fidelity more than once during the term of any Parliament.

6A—Oaths to be taken by Ministers who are not members of the Executive Council or by Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister

(1)Every Minister of the Crown who is not a member of the Executive Council and any member of Parliament appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister must, as soon as is practicable after accepting office, take the oath of allegiance and the official oath before the Governor.

(2)Subsection (1) does not require a person to take the oath of allegiance more than once during the term of any Parliament.

7—Oaths to be taken by judicial officers

(1)Each of the following officers, namely—

(a)the Chief Justice, President, puisne judges, Masters and Judicial Registrars of the Supreme Court; and

(b)the Chief Judge, other Judges, Masters and Judicial Registrars of the District Court; and

(c)Magistrates and Judicial Registrars of the Magistrates Court; and

(d)justices of the peace,

shall, before proceeding to discharge any official duties, take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath.

(2)The oaths to be taken under this section must be taken—

(a)in the case of the oaths to be taken by the Chief Justice, the President or the puisne judges of the Supreme Court—before the Governor or, if the Governor so determines (or in the absence of a determination by the Governor), by the most senior judge of the Supreme Court that is available to take the oath;

(b)in the case of the oaths to be taken by any other judicial officer to whom this section applies (other than a justice of the peace)—by the most senior judge of the Supreme Court that is available to take the oath.

(4)The oaths to be taken under this section by a justice of the peace shall be taken in the manner prescribed by the Justices of the Peace Act 1991.

(5)This section does not apply to a person appointed to act in a judicial office on an auxiliary basis under the Judicial Administration (Auxiliary Appointments and Powers) Act 1988 if that person has previously taken the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath in accordance with this Act.

8—Form of oath of allegiance

The oath of allegiance shall be in the following form:

I,    do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King Edward the Eighth, His Heirs and Successors, according to law. SO HELP ME GOD!

9—Form of official oath

The official oath shall be in the following form:

I,   , do swear that I will well and truly serve His Majesty King Edward the Eighth, His Heirs and Successors, according to law, in the office of   . SO HELP ME GOD!

10—Form of oath of fidelity

The oath of fidelity shall be in the following form:

I, being chosen and admitted of His Majesty's Executive Council in the State of South Australia, do swear that I will, to the best of my judgment, and at all times when thereto required, freely give my counsel and advice to the Governor, for the time being, for the good management of the public affairs of the said State; that I will not directly nor indirectly reveal such matters as shall be debated in Council, and committed to my secrecy, but that I will in all things be a true and faithful Councillor. SO HELP ME GOD!

11—Form of judicial oath

The judicial oath shall be in the following form:

I,   , do swear that I will well and truly serve Our Sovereign Lord King Edward the Eighth, His Heirs and Successors, according to law, in the office of   , and I will do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages of this State, without fear or favour, affection or illwill. SO HELP ME GOD!

12—Use of name of Sovereign for the time being

Every reference in any form of oath prescribed by this Part to His Majesty King Edward the Eighth shall be altered from time to time as occasion requires by substituting the name of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the time being.

Division 2—Affirmations

13—Affirmation in lieu of oath

Any person may make an affirmation in lieu of taking the oath required by the Constitution Act 1934 or any oath of allegiance, official oath, oath of fidelity, or judicial oath.

14—Form of affirmation

Every affirmation shall commence "I,    do truly and solemnly affirm" and shall proceed in the same words as the oath required or permitted by law under the same circumstances, omitting all words of imprecation or calling to witness, and the attestation of any affirmation in writing may be in the same words as the jurat of an affidavit substituting the word "affirmed" for the word "sworn".

15—Persons entitled to take affirmations

Every person authorised to administer an oath shall have authority to take an affirmation.

16—Penalty on not taking prescribed oath

If any person declines or neglects when any oath or affirmation required to be taken by him under this Part is duly tendered, to take such oath or make such affirmation, he shall, if he has already entered on the office in relation to which the oath or affirmation is required vacate that office, and if he has not entered on that office he shall be disqualified from entering on it, but no person shall be compelled in respect of the same appointment to the same office to take an oath or make an affirmation under this Part more than once.

Division 3—Miscellaneous

17—Prohibition on use of oath of allegiance

Notwithstanding any Act, charter, or custom, no person shall be required or authorised to take the oath of allegiance or any oath substituted for that oath or to make any affirmation or declaration to the like effect of that oath, except in a case where this Part or some other Act of the State expressly so requires.

18—Substitution of declarations for oaths

(1)Where in any case not otherwise provided for by this Part an oath is required to be taken by any person on or as a condition of admission to membership, fellowship, or participation in the privileges of any body corporate, society, or company, or on or as a condition of accepting any employment or office a declaration shall be taken in lieu of that oath to the like effect in all respects as that oath.

(2)A declaration in pursuance of this section shall have the same effect in all respects as the oath for which the declaration is substituted would have had if this Part had not been passed.

19—Effect of not making declaration as required by this Part

If any person required by this Part to make a declaration instead of an oath declines or neglects to make that declaration, he shall be subject to the same penalties and disabilities (if any) as he would have been subject to for declining or neglecting to take the oath for which that declaration is substituted.

20—Saving of power to alter declaration

Where a declaration is substituted for an oath under this Part any person who but for the enactment of this Part would have had power to alter that oath or to substitute another oath in its place, may exercise the like power with regard to the substituted declaration.

21—Saving

Nothing in this Part shall affect—

(a)the Constitution Act 1934 or any Act specially requiring any particular form of oath to be taken:

(b)any oath required or authorised by any Act to be taken or made for the purpose of attesting any fact or verifying any account or document:

(c)any oath required to be taken by any juror, witness, or other person pursuant to any Act or custom as preliminary to or in the course of any civil, military, criminal, or other trial, or any inquest or proceedings of a judicial nature, any arbitration or any proceedings before a Committee of either House of Parliament, or before any Commissioner, or other special tribunal appointed by the Governor.

22—Saving of rights dependent upon taking an oath

Where but for the enactment of this Part, the taking of any oath would be a condition precedent or subsequent to the attainment by any person of any office, privilege, exemption, or other benefit and that person is by this Act prevented from fulfilling that condition he shall, nevertheless, on complying with any other conditions attached to the attainment of such office, privilege, or other benefit be entitled thereto as if the condition relating to that oath and any direction as to the certificate or registration of the taking of that oath or otherwise had been fulfilled and performed.

Part 3—Statutory declarations

23—Operation of the Imperial Act, 5 and 6 Wm. 4 c. 62

The enactment of this Part shall not affect the operation within the State of the Act of the Imperial Parliament, 5 and 6, William 4, chapter 62 (commonly called the Statutory Declarations Act 1835), except in so far as the provisions of this Part are inconsistent with the provisions of that Act.

24—Part not to apply to oaths in judicial proceedings

This Part does not apply to any oath, affirmation, or affidavit which may be made or taken, or be required to be made or taken, in any judicial proceedings in any court of justice, or in any proceeding for or by way of summary conviction before any justice.

25—Declaration in lieu of oath

It shall be lawful for any justice or notary public, or any officer by law authorised to administer an oath or affirmation, to take the declaration of any person voluntarily making the same before him in the following form:

I,    do solemnly and sincerely declare that   . And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Oaths Act 1936.

26—Fees on taking of oath

Whenever a declaration is made under this Part in lieu of an oath or affirmation, all (if any) such fees as would have been payable if the oath or affirmation had been taken, shall be payable.

27—False declaration

(1)Any person who wilfully makes any declaration by virtue of this Part, knowing that declaration to be untrue in any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years.

(2)In any proceedings under this Part in relation to an offence referred to in subsection (1) of this section where the court is satisfied that the defendant knew that he was required to declare his belief in the truth of the declaration referred to in that subsection it shall not be a defence that the declaration was not duly made or that the declaration was not in the form prescribed by section 25 of this Act.

Part 4—Commissioners for taking affidavits

28—Commissioners for taking affidavits

(1)The following shall be Commissioners for taking affidavits in the Supreme Court—

(a)all Judges and Masters of the Supreme Court; and

(b)all Judges and Masters of the District Court; and

(c)all magistrates; and

(ca)all Judicial Registrars, Registrars and Deputy Registrars of the Supreme Court, the District Court, the Environment, Resources and Development Court, the South Australian Employment Tribunal, the Youth Court and the Magistrates Court; and

(d)all persons on the roll of practitioners of the Supreme Court (except any such person whose right to practise the profession of law is under suspension by virtue of disciplinary action taken against him); and

(e)any other persons appointed by the Attorney‑General, by notice published in the Gazette, to be Commissioners for taking affidavits in the Supreme Court.

(2)An oath, affirmation or declaration taken or made before a Commissioner shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been taken or made before the Supreme Court.

30—Improperly taking affidavits etc

Any person who wilfully takes any affidavit, affirmation, or declaration, not being lawfully authorised to do so, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

31—Supreme Court to take judicial notice of signatures

The Supreme Court and the Judges, Master, and other officers thereof shall take judicial notice of the signature of every person before whom affidavits, declarations, and affirmations are by this Part authorised to be made, if that signature is subscribed to any affidavit, declaration or affirmation taken under this Part.

Part 5—Appointment of police officers to take declarations and attest documents

32—Interpretation

In this Part—

instrument means any instrument or document in writing;

proclaimed member of the police force means a member of the police force appointed by the Governor by proclamation under this Part.

33—Appointment of police officers to take declarations and attest instruments

(1)The Governor may, by proclamation, appoint such members of the police force of the State as he deems proper to take declarations and attest the execution of instruments pursuant to this Part.

(2)The appointment of any person under this section shall be terminated by—

(a)his death; or

(b)the person ceasing to be a member of the police force; or

(c)the revocation of his appointment by the Governor by proclamation.

(3)Every proclamation made under this section, and notice of the termination by any means other than proclamation of any appointment made under this section, shall be published in the Government Gazette.

34—Who may take declarations and attest instruments

Whenever by or under any Act it is provided—

(a)that any declaration shall or may be made before a justice or before a justice or some other person or authority; or

(b)that any instrument shall or may be signed or executed in the presence of, or be attested by, a justice or by a justice or some other person or authority,

that provision shall be deemed to be complied with if the declaration is made before, or the instrument is signed or executed in the presence of or attested by (as the case may require), either—

(c)a justice for the State, or, if the particular Act so permits, for any other State or country, or such other person or authority; or

(e)any proclaimed member of the police force of the State,

provided that, if the declaration is made before, or the instrument is signed or executed in the presence of or attested by, a member of the police force, the name of the town or other place where he is stationed, is stated on such declaration or instrument in connection with his signature and description.

35—Meaning of terms in declarations and instruments

The words "proclaimed police officer" appearing after a signature in a declaration or instrument are to be taken to have the same meaning as defined in this Part unless a different meaning is indicated.

36—Act to apply, notwithstanding provisions of any other Act

The provisions of this Part shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of the Real Property Act 1886 or any other Act or law.

Legislative history

Notes

•Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

•Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or repealed by principal Act

The Oaths Act 1936 repealed the following:

The Affirmations Act 1896

The Declarations and Attestations Act 1913

Promissory Oaths Act 1869

The Promissory Oaths Amendment Act 1911

The Statutory Declarations Act 1915

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Oaths Act 1936 amended the following:

An Act for increasing the facilities for the taking of acknowledgments of married women, and for other purposes (No. 23 of 1872)

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1936	2278	Oaths Act 1936	3.9.1936	3.9.1936
1968	24	Oaths Act Amendment Act 1968	5.12.1968	5.12.1968
1969	41	Oaths Act Amendment Act 1969	13.11.1969	13.11.1969
1981	34	Statutes Amendment (Administration of Courts and Tribunals) Act 1981	19.3.1981	1.7.1981 (Gazette 25.6.1981 p1896)
1983	53	Oaths Act Amendment Act 1983	16.6.1983	1.7.1983 (Gazette 30.6.1983 p1760)
1984	56	Statutes Amendment (Oaths and Affirmations) Act 1984	24.5.1984	1.7.1984 (Gazette 28.6.1984 p1897)
1993	62	Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 1993	27.5.1993	s 29—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993 p2047)
1994	17	State Bank (Corporatisation) Act 1994	12.5.1994	Sch 4—1.7.1994 (Gazette 23.6.1994 p1784)
1994	59	Criminal Law Consolidation (Felonies and Misdemeanours) Amendment Act 1994	27.10.1994	1.1.1995 (Gazette 8.12.1994 p1942)
1996	67	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1996	15.8.1996	ss 23 & 24—17.10.1996 (Gazette 17.10.1996 p1361)
1997	30	Statutes Amendment (References to Banks) Act 1997	12.6.1997	Pt 10 (ss 12—16)—3.7.1997 (Gazette 3.7.1997 p4)
1997	69	Statutes Amendment (Ministers of the Crown) Act 1997	11.12.1997	Pt 5 (s 10)—17.12.1997 (Gazette 17.12.1997 p1639)
1998	59	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 1998	3.9.1998	Pt 7 (ss 11—16)—13.12.1998 (Gazette 3.12.1998 p1676)
1999	33	Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act 1999	17.6.1999	Sch (item 36)—1.7.1999 being the date specified under section 3(16) of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 of the Commonwealth as the transfer date for the purposes of that Act: s 2(2)
2002	29	Constitution (Parliamentary Secretaries) Amendment Act 2002	7.11.2002	7.11.2002
2003	44	Statute Law Revision Act 2003	23.10.2003	Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048)
2004	44	Oaths (Judicial Officers) Amendment Act 2004	18.11.2004	18.11.2004
2005	8	Oaths (Abolition of Proclaimed Managers) Amendment Act 2005	21.4.2005	Pt 1 (ss 1—3) & Pt 2 (s 4)—21.4.2005: s 2(1); Pt 3 (ss 5—9)—1.1.2007: s 2(2)
2006	44	Statutes Amendment (Justice Portfolio) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 20 (s 34)—18.1.2007 (Gazette 18.1.2007 p234)
2016	63	Statutes Amendment (South Australian Employment Tribunal) Act 2016	8.12.2016	Pt 16 (s 121)—1.7.2017 (Gazette 16.5.2017 p1221)
2017	10	Statutes Amendment (Judicial Registrars) Act 2017	11.4.2017	Pt 4 (ss 30 & 31)—23.5.2017 (Gazette 23.5.2017 p1725)
2019	45	Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019	19.12.2019	Sch 1 (cl 69)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638)
2020	34	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2020	1.10.2020	Pt 4 (s 10)—1.10.2020: s 2(1)

Provisions amended since 3 February 1976

•Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in Volume 7 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page 664.

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
Long title	amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Pt 1
s 2	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 3	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	24.11.2003
Pt 2
Pt 2 Div 1	heading inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
s 6
s 6(3)	inserted by 59/1998 s 11	13.12.1998
s 6A
s 6A(1)	s 6A inserted by 69/1997 s 10	17.12.1997
s 6A redesignated as s 6A(1) by 59/1998 s 12	13.12.1998
amended by 29/2002 s 4	7.11.2002
s 6A(2)	inserted by 59/1998 s 12	13.12.1998
s 7
s 7(1)	substituted by 34/1981 s 41(a)	1.7.1981
amended by 67/1996 s 23(a)	17.10.1996
amended by 44/2004 s 3	18.11.2004
(e)—(g) deleted by 44/2004 s 3	18.11.2004
amended by 10/2017 s 30(1)—(3)	23.5.2017
amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 69(1)	1.1.2021
s 7(2)	substituted by 67/1996 s 23(b)	17.10.1996
substituted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 69(2)	1.1.2021
s 7(3)	substituted by 34/1981 s 41(b)	1.7.1981
substituted by 67/1996 s 23(b)	17.10.1996
deleted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 69(2)	1.1.2021
s 7(3a)	inserted by 67/1996 s 23(b)	17.10.1996
deleted by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 69(2)	1.1.2021
s 7(4)	amended by 62/1993 s 29	1.7.1993
s 7(5)	inserted by 67/1996 s 23(c)	17.10.1996
heading preceding s 13	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Pt 2 Div 2	heading inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
heading preceding s 17	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Pt 2 Div 3	heading inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
heading preceding s 21	deleted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
Pt 3
s 27
s 27(1)	amended by 59/1994 Sch 2	1.1.1995
amended by 44/2006 s 34	18.1.2007
s 27(2)	amended by 59/1994 Sch 2	1.1.1995
Pt 4
s 28	substituted by 53/1983 s 3	1.7.1983
s 28(1)	amended by 67/1996 s 24	17.10.1996
amended by 44/2004 s 4(1), (2)	18.11.2004
amended by 10/2017 s 31	23.5.2017
amended by 63/2016 s 121	1.7.2017
amended by 34/2020 s 10	1.10.2020
s 29	substituted by 53/1983 s 3	1.7.1983
deleted by 56/1984 s 7	1.7.1984
s 30	amended by 59/1994 Sch 2	1.1.1995
s 31	amended by 53/1983 s 4	1.7.1983
Pt 5
heading	amended by 8/2005 s 5	1.1.2007
s 32
bank	deleted by 17/1994 Sch 4 cl 7	1.7.1994
bank manager	deleted by 30/1997 s 12(a)	3.7.1997
manager	inserted by 30/1997 s 12(b)	3.7.1997
amended by 33/1999 Sch (item 36)	1.7.1999
deleted by 8/2005 s 6	1.1.2007
postmaster	deleted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
proclaimed bank manager	amended by 30/1997 s 12(c)	3.7.1997
deleted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
proclaimed postmaster	amended by 30/1997 s 12(c)	3.7.1997
deleted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
proclaimed member of the police force	amended by 30/1997 s 12(c)	3.7.1997
deleted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
proclaimed manager	inserted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
deleted by 8/2005 s 6	1.1.2007
proclaimed member of the police force	inserted by 59/1998 s 13	13.12.1998
s 33
s 33(1)	amended by 30/1997 s 13(a)	3.7.1997
amended by 59/1998 s 14(a)	13.12.1998
amended by 8/2005 s 7(1)	1.1.2007
s 33(2)	amended by 30/1997 s 13(b)	3.7.1997
amended by 59/1998 s 14(b)	13.12.1998
amended by 8/2005 s 7(2)	1.1.2007
s 33(4)	deleted by 30/1997 s 13(c)	3.7.1997
inserted by 8/2005 s 4	21.4.2005
deleted by 8/2005 s 7(3)	1.1.2007
s 33(5)	inserted by 8/2005 s 4	21.4.2005
deleted by 8/2005 s 7(3)	1.1.2007
s 34	amended by 30/1997 s 14	3.7.1997
amended by 59/1998 s 15	13.12.1998
s 34 I—III redesignated as s 34(c)—(e) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)	24.11.2003
(d) deleted by 8/2005 s 8(1)	1.1.2007
amended by 8/2005 s 8(2), (3)	1.1.2007
s 35	amended by 30/1997 s 15	3.7.1997
substituted by 59/1998 s 16	13.12.1998
amended by 8/2005 s 9	1.1.2007

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Statutes Amendment (References to Banks) Act 1997

16—Transitional

(1)A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this Part, a proclaimed bank manager under section 33 of the principal Act will be taken to have been appointed as a proclaimed manager under that section as amended by this Act.

(2)A reference in an Act or other instrument (whether of a statutory nature or not) to a proclaimed bank manager will be taken to be a reference to a proclaimed manager.

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—1.10.1991

Reprint No 2—1.7.1993

Reprint No 3—1.7.1994

Reprint No 4—1.1.1995

Reprint No 5—17.10.1996

Reprint No 6—3.7.1997

Reprint No 7—17.12.1997

Reprint No 8—13.12.1998

Reprint No 9—1.7.1999

Reprint No 10—7.11.2002

Reprint No 11—24.11.2003

18.11.2004

21.4.2005

1.1.2007

18.1.2007

23.5.2017

1.7.2017

1.10.2020