Oaths and Declarations Ordinance

(1)
This section applies to a person who is required by this Part to take an
                oath.
(2)
The person is to be regarded as declining or neglecting to take the oath if the
                person
intentionally—
(a)
contravenes the oath-taking procedure of the person or desecrates the
                    oath-taking ceremony;
(b)
alters or distorts the wording of the oath;
(c)
says words that do not accord with the wording of the oath; or
(d)
acts in a way that is not sincere or not solemn in purporting to take the
                    oath.
(3)
In this
section—
(a)
a reference to the
oath-
taking ceremony
includes—
(i)
the oath-taking procedure of any person during the ceremony;
                        and
(ii)
if
section 5
of the National Anthem Ordinance (
2 of 2020
) requires the national anthem to be
                        played and sung on the occasion of the ceremony, the playing and singing of
                        the national anthem as required under that Ordinance; and
(b)
a reference to the oath-taking procedure of a person includes the taking of
                    the oath by the person.
(4)
Subsection (2) does not limit the operation of
section 21
.