(a)in Singapore, before any Judge, District Judge, Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Magistrate or before any commissioner for oaths appointed or deemed to have been appointed under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;
Section history
Section 262 — Use of affidavits sworn by witnesses
As in force on 31 December 2021.
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The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(1)Any affidavit made by a witness may be used in any criminal court, if it is sworn —
(b)elsewhere in the Commonwealth before any judge, court, notary public or person lawfully authorised to administer oaths; or
(c)in any other place, before any consul or vice-consul of Singapore, Malaysia or the United Kingdom.
(2)The court must take judicial notice of the seal or signature (as the case may be) of any judge, court, notary public, person, consul or vice-consul appended or subscribed to any affidavit.