Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994
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Administration of oaths and taking of affidavits. |
72.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, every solicitor who holds a practising certificate which is in force shall, subject to any condition to which that practising certificate is subject under the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (in this section referred to as a “relevant condition”), have all the powers conferred by any enactment or statutory instrument (within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act, 1947 ) on a commissioner for oaths (including section 24 of the Stamp Duties Management Act, 1891) and any reference to such a commissioner in any such enactment or statutory instrument, whether passed or made before or after the commencement of this section, shall include a reference to such a solicitor, unless the context otherwise requires. | |
(2) A solicitor shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section in any proceedings in which he is solicitor to any of the parties or in which he has an interest, or in contravention of any relevant condition. | ||
(3) A solicitor before whom any oath or affidavit is taken or made shall state in the jurat or attestation at which place and on what date the oath or affidavit is taken or made. | ||
(4) A document containing the statement in the jurat or attestation mentioned in subsection (3) of this section and purporting to be sealed or signed by a solicitor pursuant to his powers as a commissioner for oaths or pursuant to this section shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the said seal or signature, and without proof that he is a solicitor or that he holds a practising certificate which is in force or that such document has not been so sealed or signed in contravention of a relevant condition. | ||
(5) Nothing in this section shall affect the power to appoint commissioners for oaths under section 73 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland), 1877 . |