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Oaths and Declarations Act 1957

Promissory oaths and affirmations - Persons to make and administer oaths

22: By whom oath of allegiance and judicial oath to be taken

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"Who gives the oath of allegiance and judicial oath to new officers"

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You need to take an oath of allegiance and a judicial oath if you are one of the officers listed in Schedule 2. You take these oaths after you accept your new role. The person giving you the oath can choose how to administer it. You take the oath from a specific person, depending on your job. For example, a Judge of the High Court gives the oath to the Chief Justice. A Judge of the High Court or a Judge of the Employment Court gives the oath to a Judge of the Employment Court. Other officers take the oath from a Judge of the High Court or a District Court Judge, as listed in Schedule 2. This is how you take the oaths as part of your new role. The oaths are an important part of becoming an officer.

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Part 3Promissory oaths and affirmations
Persons to make and administer oaths

22By whom oath of allegiance and judicial oath to be taken

  1. The oath of allegiance and the judicial oath shall be taken by each of the officers named in Schedule 2 as soon as may be after his acceptance of office.

  2. The oaths to be taken under this section shall be administered by the following persons in such manner as the person administering the oath sees fit to adopt:

  3. in the case of the Chief Justice, a Judge of the High Court, or an Associate Judge of the High Court, by a Judge of the High Court:
    1. in the case of a Judge of the Court Martial, by the Judge Advocate General or a Judge of the High Court:
      1. in the case of a Judge of the Employment Court, by a Judge of the High Court or a Judge of the Employment Court:
        1. in the case of a Judge of the Maori Land Court, by a Judge of the High Court or a Judge of the Maori Land Court:
          1. in the case of any other officer referred to in Schedule 2, by a Judge of the High Court or a District Court Judge.

            Compare
            • 1908 No 151 s 7
            • 1927 No 37 s 7
            • 1947 No 16 s 5(6)
            • 1948 No 50 s 8
            • 1951 No 73 s 3
            • 1953 No 94 s 20(1), (3)
            • 1954 No 72 s 18(6)
            • 1956 No 62 s 41(6)
            Notes
            • Section 22(2)(a): replaced, on , by section 72 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).
            • Section 22(2)(aaa): inserted, on , by section 87 of the Court Martial Act 2007 (2007 No 101).
            • Section 22(2)(aa): inserted, on , by section 240 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (2000 No 24).
            • Section 22(2)(b): amended, on , by section 5(6)(a) of the Maori Purposes Act 1982 (1982 No 124).
            • Section 22(2)(b): amended, on , pursuant to section 12 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).
            • Section 22(2)(c): amended, on , pursuant to section 18(2) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 125).
            • Section 22(2)(c): amended, on , pursuant to section 12 of the Judicature Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 124).