Singapore legislation

Clause 20

Oaths of officers

(1)

The registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars of the Family Justice Courts and such other officers of the Family Justice Courts as may be required by the Chief Justice shall, before exercising the functions of their respective offices, take and subscribe the appropriate oath of office set out in the Schedule.

(2)

The oath referred to in subsection (1) may be taken and subscribed before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts or a Judge or Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court.

(3)

Where the oath is taken before the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, he shall —

(a)

enter in the record of the Family Justice Courts that the oath was duly administered and taken before him; and

(b)

transmit a certified copy of the entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court.

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