Oaths and Declarations Ordinance

(1)
Any person who declines or neglects to take an oath duly requested which he is
                required to take by this Part,
shall—
(Amended
123 of 1997 s. 16
;
13 of 2021 s. 10
)
(a)
if he has already entered on his office, vacate it, and
(b)
if he has not entered on his office, be disqualified from entering on
                    it.
[cf. 1868 c. 72 s. 7 U.K.]
(2)
No person may arrange for the person who declines or neglects to take the oath
                to retake it.
(Added
13 of 2021 s. 10
)
(3)
However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply
if—
(a)
a person declined or neglected to take the oath before a person who is
                    authorized by this Part to administer it (
oath administrator
);
                    and
(b)
the oath administrator is satisfied that the person did not intentionally
                    decline or neglect to take the oath.
(Added
13 of 2021 s. 10
)