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24 Requirements for oaths
(1) It is not necessary that a religious text be used in taking an oath.
(2) An oath is effective for this division even if the person who took it—
(a) did not have a religious belief or did not have a religious belief
of a particular kind; or
(b) did not understand the nature and consequences of the oath.