87Evidence on oath or by affirmation

#### 87 Evidence on oath or by affirmation (1) At a hearing, the Integrity Commissioner may: (a) require a witness to either take an oath or make an affirmation; and (b) administer an oath or affirmation to the witness. > Note 1: Failure to take an oath or make an affirmation is an offence: see section 93. > Note 2: This means that a hearing is a judicial proceeding for the purposes of Part III of the Crimes Act 1914, which creates various offences in relation to judicial proceedings. (2) The Integrity Commissioner may administer an oath or affirmation to a person appearing as a witness in another country, but must do so in accordance with: (a) any provision of the arrangements made between Australia and that other country, as referred to in section 84; and (b) the laws of that other country. (3) The oath or affirmation is an oath or affirmation that the evidence the person will give will be true. (4) The Integrity Commissioner may allow a person attending a hearing who has been sworn, or who has made an affirmation, to give evidence by tendering a written statement and verifying it by oath or affirmation.