{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lunacy-regulation-ireland-act-1871/section-24",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/22",
  "legislation_title": "Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lunacy-regulation-ireland-act-1871",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Lord Chancellor or master may administer oath.",
  "text": "The Lord Chancellor intrusted as aforesaid, or the master, or any person or persons holding an inquiry touching lunacy, whether under this Act or otherwise, may, in the matter of a lunatic or alleged lunatic, cause an oath to be administered to any witness, whether his deposition or affidavit is to be used before him or not; and the registrar for the time being is hereby authorised to administer oaths and take affidavits in all matters in lunacy; provided that the registrar shall not be required to go out of his office to administer any such oath or take any such affidavit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/22/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:53.499337+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."
}