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Rule 18.2 Form of oath or affirmation to witnessesI1

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where the judge administers the oath to a witness in summary proceedings, he shall do so in accordance with the form in Form 14.5-A.

(2)

In the case of any witness who elects to affirm, the judge shall administer the affirmation in accordance with the form in Form 14.5-B.

(3)

The oath or the affirmation administered in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be, shall be treated as having been administered in common form.

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Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 rule 18.2 in force at 1.4.1996, see para. 1(1)