The Evidence Amendment Act 1870
WHEREAS it was enacted by the "Evidence Further Amendment Act, 1869," section 4, as follows: "If any person called to give evidence in any court of justice, whether in a civil or criminal proceeding, shall object to take an oath, or shall be objected to as incompetent to take an oath, such person shall, if the presiding judge is satisfied that the taking of an oath would have no binding effect on his conscience, make the following promise and declaration: 'I solemnly promise and declare, that...