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Section sec.23 - Oaths Act 1867 - Witnesses’ oath in civil causes — Zoe

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### sec.23 Witnesses’ oath in civil causes Witnesses may be sworn in civil causes in open court in the following form or to the like effect— ‘The evidence which you shall give to the court [and jury sworn] touching the matters in question between the parties shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth So help you God.’. s 23 ins 1981 No. 61 s 7

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