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Formal Consolidation |  2007 RevEd
Oaths of judicial officers and certain other officers
17.—(1)  All judicial officers and such other officers of the subordinate courts as may be required by the Chief Justice shall, before exercising the functions of their respective offices, take and subscribe the appropriate oath of office and allegiance set out in the Schedule.
(2)  The oath referred to in subsection (1) may be taken and subscribed before the Senior District Judge or a Judge of the Supreme Court.
(3)  Where the oath is taken before the Senior District Judge, he shall —
(a)enter in the record of his court that the oath was duly administered and taken before him; and
(b)transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 40 of 2019
Oaths of judicial officers and certain other officers
17.—(1)  All judicial officers and such other officers of the State Courts as may be required by the Chief Justice shall, before exercising the functions of their respective offices, take and subscribe the appropriate oath of office and allegiance set out in the Schedule.
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
(2)  The oath referred to in subsection (1) may be taken and subscribed before the Presiding Judge of the State Courts, the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, a Supreme Court Judge or a Judicial Commissioner.
[4/2010 wef 17/02/2010]
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 14/04/2014]
[Act 27 of 2014 wef 01/10/2014]
[Act 40 of 2019 wef 02/01/2021]
(3)  Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the State Courts, he shall —
(a)enter in the record of the State Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him; and
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
[4/2010 wef 17/02/2010]
(b)transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 14/04/2014]
(4)  Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, he shall —
(a)enter in the record of the Family Justice Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him;
(b)transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court; and
(c)transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Presiding Judge of the State Courts.
[Act 27 of 2014 wef 01/10/2014]