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Part 3Promissory oaths and affirmations
General provisions

27Oath of allegiance not to be taken except under this Act and other specified Acts

  1. 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 same effect as that oath, other than the persons required to take that oath by this Act or the Acts mentioned in Schedule 4.

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  • 1908 No 151 s 10