Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 11

In the principal Act, in section 11, after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) The requirement in subsection (1)(b) for a person (called in this section and section 11A the declarant) to appear before a court, a person acting judicially, or a prescribed person for the purposes of making a statutory declaration in Singapore, is deemed satisfied if —

(a)

the declarant makes the statutory declaration, and the court, person acting judicially or prescribed person (as the case may be) takes or receives the statutory declaration, in Singapore in accordance with prescribed requirements through any electronic means of communication created by remote communication technology as set out in the Third Schedule; and

(b)

the electronic means of communication allows the court, person acting judicially or prescribed person (as the case may be) to —

(i)

communicate with the declarant, and any interpreter present, throughout the process;

(ii)

confirm the identity of the declarant and any interpreter present; and

(iii)

verify by inspection the document to be sworn and signed by the declarant.(1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A), a statutory declaration is made, taken or received in Singapore only if all the following persons are in Singapore when the statutory declaration is made, taken or received:

(a)

the declarant;

(b)

the court, person acting judicially or prescribed person, as the case may be.”.

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