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COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT 1889 - SECT 6

Powers as to oaths and notarial acts abroad.

6.(1) Every British ambassador, envoy, minister, charge9 d'affaires, and
secretary of embassy or legation exercising his functions in any foreign
country, and every British consul-general, consul, vice-consul, acting consul,
pro-consul, and consular agent [acting consul general, acting vice-consul, and
acting consular agent] exercising his functions in any foreign place may, in
that country or place, administer any oath and take any affidavit, and also do
any notarial act which any notary public can do within the United Kingdom; and
every oath, affidavit, and notarial act administered, sworn, or done by or
before any such person shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn,
or done by or before any lawful authority in any part of the United Kingdom.

(2) Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereon
or thereto the seal and signature of any person authorised by this section to
administer an oath in testimony of any oath, affidavit, or act being
administered, taken, or done by or before him, shall be admitted in evidence
without proof of the seal or signature being the seal or signature of that
person, or of the official character of that person.

S.7 rep. by SLR (NI) 1954. Ss.810 rep. by 1913 c.27 (3 & 4 Geo. 5) s.20 sch.
Pt.I

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