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### 7 Oaths to be taken
> [*\[Section 7 Amended by No. 92 of 2001, s. 14, Applied:05 Dec 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-12-05/act-2001-092#GS14@EN) [*\[Section 7 Amended by No. 65 of 2007, s. 12, Applied:01 Jan 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-01-01/act-2007-065#GS12@EN) [*\[Section 7 Substituted by No. 8 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:15 May 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-05-15/act-2015-008#GS11@EN)
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> > (1) A magistrate must not perform or exercise any of the functions, duties or powers of his or her office until he or she has, under [section 8(1) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-007#GS8@Gs1@EN) [Promissory Oaths Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-007) , taken and subscribed the judicial oath.
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> > (2) [Subsection (1)](#GS7@Gs1@EN) only applies to a person appointed as a magistrate after the day on which the [Promissory Oaths Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-007) commences.