Oaths Act 1900 No 20
Table of versions
Effective date | Publication date | Amendments included | Notes |
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14 July 2023 | 14 July 2023 | 2023 No
7 |
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01 January 2023 | 01 January 2023 | 1900 No
20 |
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29 November 2021 | 29 November 2021 | 2021 No
33 |
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28 September 2020 | 28 September 2020 | 2020 No
24 |
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05 December 2019 | 05 December 2019 | 2019 No
14 |
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26 September 2019 | 26 September 2019 | 2019 No
10 |
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25 September 2017 | 25 September 2017 | 2017 No
44 |
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15 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 | 2015 No
2 |
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20 May 2014 | 20 May 2014 | 2014 No
14 |
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29 October 2013 | 29 October 2013 | 2013 No
80 |
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30 April 2012 | 30 April 2012 | 2011 No
45 |
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18 May 2010 | 18 May 2010 | 2010 No
17 |
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06 July 2009 | 06 July 2009 | 2007 No
94 |
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04 December 2006 | 04 December 2006 | 2006 No
120 |
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03 April 2006 | 03 April 2006 | 2006 No
6 |
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15 August 2005 | 15 August 2005 | 2005 No
28 |
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01 July 2005 | 01 July 2005 | 2005 No
64 |
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15 June 2005 | 15 June 2005 | 2005 No
31 |
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01 January 2004 | 01 January 2004 | 2003 No
71 |
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07 July 2003 | 07 July 2003 | 2001 No
121 |
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03 April 2000 | 03 April 2000 | 1999 No
94 |
Original legislation
Oaths Act 1900 No 20
Assented to 22.09.1900.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1901, sec 1A.
Amended by this Act, sec 18(3).
Amending legislation
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 No 7
Assented to 03.07.2023.
Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.
Electronic Transactions Amendment (Remote Witnessing) Act 2021 No 33
Assented to 29.11.2021.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Courts and Civil) Act 2020 No 24
Assented to 28.09.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.11, assent, sec 2(1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2019 No 14
Assented to 21.11.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.18, 14 days after assent, sec 2(1).
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2019 No 10
Assented to 26.09.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.18, assent, sec 2 (1).
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2017 No 44
Assented to 25.09.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2 (1).
Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2015 No 2
Assented to 15.05.2015.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 No 14
Assented to 20.05.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.2, assent, sec 2 (1).
Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No 80
Assented to 29.10.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Identification Legislation Amendment Act 2011 No 45
Assented to 20.09.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, 30.4.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (691) LW 23.12.2011.
Registrar-General Legislation (Amendment and Repeal) Act 2010 No 17
Assented to 18.05.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.75, 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120
Assented to 04.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
Constitution Amendment (Pledge of Loyalty) Act 2006 No 6
Assented to 03.04.2006.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005 No 64
Assented to 01.07.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.44, assent, sec 2 (2).
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No 31
Assented to 15.06.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 11, assent, sec 2 (1).
Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28
Assented to 01.06.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.36, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 71
Assented to 20.11.2003.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2004, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11172.
Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001 No 121
Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94
Assented to 08.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.43, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.140, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31
Assented to 07.07.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997 No 147
Assented to 17.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.17, assent, sec 2 (2).
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
Oaths Amendment Act 1996 No 83
Assented to 06.11.1996.
Date of commencement, 1.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8528.
Evidence (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 1995 No 27
Assented to 19.06.1995.
Date of commencement, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 102 of 25.8.1995, p 4355.
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Indictable Offences) Act 1995 No 22
Assented to 19.06.1995.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Oaths Act 1900, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 1.9.1995, p 5044.
Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993 No 47
Assented to 15.06.1993.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Oaths (Children) Amendment Act 1990 No 93
Assented to 07.12.1990.
Date of commencement, 6.1.1991, sec 2 and GG No 174 of 21.12.1990, p 11190.
Crimes (Public Justice) Amendment Act 1990 No 51
Assented to 18.09.1990.
Date of commencement, 25.11.1990, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 9.11.1990, p 9816.
Jury (Amendment) Act 1987 No 286
Assented to 16.12.1987.
Date of commencement of sec 4 (1), 28 days after assent.
Miscellaneous Acts (Legal Profession) Amendment Act 1987 No 111
Assented to 12.06.1987.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 199 of 31.12.1987, p 7266.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985 No 231
Assented to 18.12.1985.
Oaths (Children) Amendment Act 1985 No 151
Assented to 28.11.1985.
Date of commencement, 23.3.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 44 of 14.3.1986, p 1160.
Oaths (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984 No 165
Assented to 14.12.1984.
Date of commencement of sec 3, 1.5.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 26.4.1985, p 1797.
Oaths (Amendment) Act 1978 No 5
Assented to 20.02.1978.
Legal Practitioners and Other Acts (Amendment) Act 1974 No 62
Assented to 10.10.1974.
Date of commencement of sec 9, 14.2.1975, sec 2 (2) and GG No 35 of 14.2.1975, p 465.
Evidence and Oaths (Amendment) Act 1973 No 10
Assented to 10.04.1973.
Legal Practitioners and Oaths (Amendment) Act 1970 No 20
Assented to 31.03.1970.
Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33
Assented to 20.12.1965.
Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
Oaths (Amendment) Act 1962 No 5
Assented to 10.05.1962.
Oaths (Amendment) Act 1953 No 4
Assented to 25.09.1953.
Statute Law Revision Act 1937 No 35
Assented to 23.12.1937.
Oaths (Amendment) Act 1936 No 12
Assented to 13.05.1936.
Oaths (Amendment) Act 1916 No 5
Assented to 29.03.1916.
History notes
This is a consolidated list of all history notes for this title. View the history notes inline to see the point-in-time history of provisions for a particular historical version by clicking the Turn history notes on button.
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997.
Part 1, heading |
Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31. |
Sec 1 |
Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Subst 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 1A |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 2A |
Ins 1995 No 22, Sch 2. Am 1996 No 83, Sch 1 (1); 1999 No 94, Sch 4.43; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.160 [1]. |
Part 2, heading |
Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31. |
Sec 3 |
Am 1916 No 5, sec 2; 1973 No 10, sec 3 (a); 1978 No 5, sec 2; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.65 [1]; 2005 No 31, Sch 11; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.75. |
Sec 4 |
Subst 1936 No 12, sec 2 (1) (a). |
Sec 5 |
Am 2006 No 6, Sch 2 [1]. |
Secs 7, 8 |
Am 1916 No 5, sec 3. |
Sec 9 |
Am 1916 No 5, sec 3; 1973 No 10, sec 3 (b); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.65 [2]. |
Sec 10 |
Am 1916 No 5, sec 3. Rep 2006 No 6, Sch 2 [2]. |
Sec 11A |
Ins 1916 No 5, sec 3. |
Part 3, heading |
Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31. |
Sec 12 |
Subst 1973 No 10, sec 3 (c). Am 1987 No 286, sec 4 (1) (a). |
Sec 13 |
Am 1995 No 27, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.160 [2]. |
Sec 14 |
Rep 1987 No 286, sec 4 (1) (b). |
Part 4, heading |
Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31. |
Sec 18 |
Am 1900 No 20, sec 18(3); 2021 No 33, Sch 2[1]. |
Sec 20 |
Am 1990 No 51, Sch 2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.160 [3] [4]. |
Sec 21 |
Subst 1916 No 5, sec 4. Am 1936 No 12, sec 2 (1) (c); 1970 No 20, sec 3 (a); 2003 No 71, Sch 7 [1]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.19 [1]; 2010 No 17, Sch 1.2; 2020 No 24, Sch 1.11[1] [2]; 2023 No 7, Sch 2.37[1]. |
Sec 21A |
Ins 1936 No 12, sec 2 (1) (d). Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.65 [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.160 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
Sec 24A |
Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.36 [1]. Am 2013 No 80, Sch 13 [1]. |
Sec 25 |
Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.140 [1]. |
Sec 25A |
Ins 1996 No 83, Sch 1 (2). |
Part 5, heading |
Am 1985 No 231, Sch 31. |
Sec 26 |
Subst 1916 No 5, sec 5. Am 1953 No 4, sec 2 (a) (b); 1962 No 5, sec 2; 1984 No 165, sec 3; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.44; 2013 No 80, Sch 13 [2]–[4]; 2014 No 14, Sch 4.2; 2015 No 2, Sch 4.5 [1] [2]; 2019 No 14, Sch 2.18; 2021 No 33, Sch 2[2]. |
Sec 26A |
Ins 1916 No 5, sec 5. Am 1953 No 4, sec 2 (c). Rep 1995 No 27, Sch 1. Ins 2015 No 2, Sch 4.5 [3]. Am 2019 No 10, Sch 1.18. |
Sec 26B |
Ins 1973 No 10, sec 3 (d). |
Sec 27 |
Subst 1970 No 20, sec 3 (b). Am 1973 No 10, sec 3 (e); 1974 No 62, sec 9; 1987 No 111, Sch 1; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.17; 2003 No 71, Sch 7 [2] [3]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.19 [2]–[4]. |
Sec 27A |
Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.36 [2]. Am 2013 No 80, Sch 13 [5]. |
Sec 28 |
Am 1973 No 10, sec 3 (f); 2005 No 28, Sch 5.36 [3]. |
Sec 29 |
Am 1995 No 27, Sch 1. |
Sec 30 |
Ins 1973 No 10, sec 3 (g). Am 1993 No 47, Sch 1; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.65 [4]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.140 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
Sec 31 |
Ins 1973 No 10, sec 3 (g). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.140 [3]. |
Sec 32 |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1995 No 27, Sch 1. |
Sec 33 |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1990 No 93, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 27, Sch 1. |
Part 6 |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1995 No 27, Sch 1. Ins 2011 No 45, Sch 2.6. |
Sec 34 |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1990 No 93, Sch 1 (1). Rep 1995 No 27, Sch 1. Ins 2011 No 45, Sch 2.6. Am 2013 No 80, Sch 13 [6]; 2023 No 7, Sch 2.37[2]. |
Sec 34A |
Ins 2017 No 44, Sch 1.21. |
Sec 35 |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1995 No 27, Sch 1. Ins 2011 No 45, Sch 2.6. |
Fourth Sch |
Am 1936 No 12, sec 2 (1) (b). |
Fifth Sch |
Rep 2006 No 6, Sch 2 [3]. |
Tenth Sch |
Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1990 No 93, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1995 No 27, Sch 1. Ins 2015 No 2, Sch 4.5 [4]. |
Oaths Bill 1900
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Assent: 22 September 1900 | 1900 No 20 |