Oaths and Declarations Ordinance

(1)
No person shall administer or receive an oath, affidavit or affirmation relating to any matter or thing in respect of which that person has no jurisdiction by some enactment.
(2)
Any person who wilfully contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
                offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
                at
                level
                    1.
(Amended
E.R. 3 of
                        2021
)
(3)
Nothing in this section shall extend to an oath, affidavit or affirmation before a
justice—
(a)
relating to the maintenance of public order, or the prosecution, trial, or punishment of offences; or
(b)
relating to any proceedings before the Legislative Council or before any committee thereof; or
(c)
for the purpose of legal proceedings in any place outside Hong Kong; or
(Amended
123 of 1997 s. 6
)
(d)
required by the law of any place outside Hong Kong to give validity to any document designed to be used in that place.
(Amended
123 of 1997 s. 6
)
(4)
Nothing in this section shall extend to an oath, affidavit or affirmation before a notary required by the law of any place outside Hong Kong to give validity to any document designed to be used in that place.
(Amended
123 of 1997 s. 6
)
[cf. 1835 c. 62 s. 13 U.K.]