51Oaths and affirmations etc. for members outside Australia

#### 51 Oaths and affirmations etc. for members outside Australia (1) A competent officer may do the following for a member of the Defence Force who is serving outside Australia: (a) administer an oath or affirmation; (b) take an affidavit; (c) witness the signing of a document. (2) Any writing by the competent officer evidencing the oath, affirmation, affidavit or witnessing must include the signature, name and rank of the competent officer. (3) However, the competent officer is not required to state the place where the oath or affirmation is administered, the affidavit is sworn or the document is witnessed. (4) The oath, affirmation, affidavit or witnessing has effect: (a) if it is substantially in accordance with a form provided by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and (b) for the purposes of any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. (5) For the purposes of this Part, a reference to a member of the Defence Force includes a reference to: (a) a person who accompanies a part of the Defence Force; or (b) a member of the Defence Force who is a prisoner of war, interned or in custody in a place outside Australia.