# Commissioners Clauses Act 1847, Section 12: Declaration to be made by commissioners before acting.


No person shall be capable of acting as a commissioner, except in administering the declaration herein-after mentioned, until he shall have made and signed, before one of the commissioners, a declaration to the effect following:
“I, A.B. do solemnly declare, that I will faithfully and impartially, according to the best of my skill and judgment, execute all the powers and authorities reposed in me as a commissioner, by virtue of the [here name the special Act], and also that I [here set forth a statement of the possession of the qualification required by the special Act, in the terms thereof].”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/16/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-clauses-act-1847/section-12
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