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STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1835 - SECT 13

Justices, &c. not to administer oaths, &c. touching matters whereof they have no jurisdiction by statute.

13.... It shall not be lawful for any justice of the peace or other person to
administer or cause or allow to be administered, or to receive or cause or
allow to be received, any oath, affidavit, or solemn affirmation touching any
matter or thing whereof such justice or other person hath not jurisdiction or
cognizance by some statute in force at the time being: Provided always, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to any oath, affidavit,
or solemn affirmation before any justice in any matter or thing touching the
preservation of the peace, or the prosecution, trial, or punishment of
offences, or touching any proceedings before either of the Houses of
Parliament or any committee thereof respectively, nor to any oath, affidavit,
or affirmation which may be required by the laws of any foreign country to
give validity to instruments in writing designed to be used in such foreign
countries respectively.

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