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Article 56 Affidavits

Northern Ireland

(1)

An affidavit to be used in a county court may be sworn before the judge, a circuit registrar, a commissioner for oaths, a justice of the peace or any officer of the court designated for the purpose by theF1 Lord Chief Justice

(2)

An affidavit sworn before a judge or any officer may be sworn without payment of any fee.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 56(1) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 58; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)