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Attestation paper of enrolled persons

Cap. 139, s. 25 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Every person enrolled under this Act shall sign an attestation paper in the form given in the Second Schedule before a justice of the peace, who, after cautioning him that any false answer to the questions read to him will render him liable to be punished as provided in this Act, shall read or cause to be read to him the questions set out in the attestation paper, and shall take care that such person understands each question, and after ascertaining that the answers of such person are duly recorded on the attestation paper, shall require him to make and sign the acknowledgment set out in the said paper and shall then administer to him the oaths set out in the First Schedule. (2) Such attestation shall be signed by the justice of the peace, and by the person authorised to enrol the officer.
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