Statutory Declarations Act 1944 (Cth)

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS.

 

No. 25 of 1944.

An act to amend the Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1922.

[Assented to 20th September, 1944.]

[Date of commencement, 18th October, 1944.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Statutory Declarations Act 1944.

(2.) The Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1922 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1944.

Form of statutory declarations.

2.Section five of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:—

“,or (e) a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the law of the State in which the declaration is made.”.

Declarations under other Acts.

3.Section seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “a Commissioner for Declarations” and inserting in their stead the words “a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under this Act”.

Amendment of the Schedule.

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