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Oaths Act 1900
24ADeclarations by persons unable to read written English
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#### 24A Declarations by persons unable to read written English
24A Declarations by persons unable to read written English
> If it appears to the person before whom a statutory declaration is taken and received (the authorised person) that the person making the declaration (the deponent) is blind, illiterate or otherwise unable to read written English, the authorised person must certify, in or below the jurat—
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> > (a) that the declaration was read to the deponent in the presence of the authorised person, and
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> > (b) that it appeared to the authorised person that the deponent understood the declaration, and
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> > (c) that the deponent subscribed the declaration (by signature or mark) in the presence of the authorised person.
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> **s 24A:** Ins 2005 No 28, Sch 5.36 \[1\]. Am 2013 No 80, Sch 13 \[1\].