Oaths and Declarations Ordinance

(1)
An oath may be administered and taken in the following form and
manner—
The person taking the oath shall hold the New Testament, or, in the case of a
                Jew, the Old Testament, in his uplifted hand, and shall say or repeat after the
                officer administering the oath the words “I swear by Almighty God
                    that
”,
followed by the words of the oath prescribed by law.
(Amended
123 of 1997 s. 4
)
(2)
The officer shall, unless the person about to take the oath objects thereto, or is physically incapable of so taking the oath, administer the oath in the form and manner
aforesaid:
Provided that, in the case of a person who is neither a Christian nor a Jew, the oath may be administered in any manner which is appropriate to his religious belief.
(3)
In this section,
officer
(
人員
) means a person authorized to administer
                an oath.
[cf. 1909 c. 39 ss. 2 & 3 U.K.]