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Section 42: Unlawful Oaths – Penalties for Administering or Taking Oaths to Commit Capital Offences

42.Unlawful oaths

Any person who—

(a)administers or is present at and consents to the administering of, any oath or engagement in the nature of an oath, purporting to bind the person who takes it to commit any offence punishable with death; or

(b)takes any such oath or engagement, not being compelled to do so,

commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for life.

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You cannot administer, or be present and consent to, any oath that claims to bind someone to commit a crime punishable by death. You also cannot volun...

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