{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-for-oaths-act-1889/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-for-oaths-act-1889/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/52-53/10",
  "legislation_title": "Commissioners For Oaths Act 1889",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commissioners-for-oaths-act-1889",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Definition.",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—\n“Oath” includes affirmation and declaration:\n“Affidavit” includes affirmation, statutory or other declaration, acknowledgement, examination, and attestation or protestation of honour:\n“Swear” includes affirm, declare, and protest.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition in s. 11 repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 146, 148, Sch. 11 para. 15(3), Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Definition in s. 11 applied(1. 7. 1991)by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 34), s. 56(5); S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/10/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:35:23.395218+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."
}