{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/citizenship-oath-and-pledge-welsh-language-order-2007/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1484",
  "legislation_title": "The Citizenship Oath and Pledge (Welsh Language) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/citizenship-oath-and-pledge-welsh-language-order-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This article applies where a person makes a citizenship affirmation instead of an oath.\n(2) The following form of words in Welsh may be used as an alternative to the form of affirmation set out in section 6(1) of the Oaths Act 1978 (oral affirmation)—\n“Yr wyf i, [enw], yn datgan ac yn cadarnhau yn ddifrifol, yn ddiffuant ac yn gywir”\n(and then proceed with the Welsh form of the citizenship oath set out in article 3, omitting the words of imprecation).\n(3) The following form of words in Welsh may be used as an alternative to the form of affirmation set out in section 6(2) of the Oaths Act 1978 (affirmation in writing).\n(4) The affirmation in writing shall commence—\n“Yr wyf i [enw] … o … yn cadarnhau'n ddifrifol ac yn ddiffuant”\nand the form in lieu of jurat shall be “Cadarnhawyd yn … y/yr … dydd hwn o … 20…, Ger fy mron i.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5 of the Oaths Act 1978 permits a person to make a solemn affirmation (set out in section 6) instead of taking an oath; sections 5 and 6 apply to the citizenship oath by virtue of section 42(7) of the British Nationality Act 1981."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1978 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1484/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:52:19.039608+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."
}