{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-powers-of-stop-and-search-search-seizure-and-retention-order-2009/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-powers-of-stop-and-search-search-seizure-and-retention-order-2009/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2056",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-powers-of-stop-and-search-search-seizure-and-retention-order-2009",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Oaths and affirmations",
  "text": "(1) Before a judge advocate asks any question which a service policeman would be required under article 8(6) to answer on oath, an oath shall be administered to the service policeman.\n(2) If—\n(a) a service policeman required under article 8(6) to answer on oath objects to being sworn, or\n(b) it is not reasonably practicable without inconvenience or delay to administer an oath to a service policeman in the manner appropriate to his religious belief,\nhe shall be required to make a solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath.\n(3) An oath or affirmation required to be administered under this Order shall be administered in the form and manner set out in Schedule 2 by the judge advocate or by another person acting on his behalf.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 11 in force at 31.10.2009, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/2056",
      "affecting_title": "The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2056/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:31.683843+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}