Affirmations

If– (a) a person required by virtue of this Act to take an oath for the purposes of proceedings before a court martial objects to being sworn, and states as the ground of his objection either that 58 he has no religious belief or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief; or (b) it is not reasonably practicable to administer an oath to such a person as aforesaid in the manner appropriate to his religious belief, he or she shall be required to make a solemn affirmation in the prescribed form instead of taking an oath.