The Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the administration of oaths in the United Kingdom.
The act established the framework for the appointment and regulation of Commissioners for Oaths in the United Kingdom . [1]
As of 2025 [update] , the act remains in force in the United Kingdom.
Section 12 of the act repealed ? enactments, listed in the schedule to the act. [2]
| Citation | Short title | Description | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 & 17 Cha. 2. c. 9 | Lancaster (Affidavits) Act 1664 | An Act to empower the Chancellor of the duchy to grant commissions for taking affidavits within the duchy liberty. | The whole act. |
| 17 Geo. 2. c. 7 | Affidavits in County of Lancaster Act 1743 | An Act for taking and swearing affidavits to be made use of in any of the courts of the county palatine of Lancaster. | The whole act. |
| 4 Geo. 3. c. 21 | Affidavits in County of Durham Act 1763 | An Act for taking and swearing affidavits to be made use of in any of the courts of the county palatine of Durham. | The whole act. |
| 6 Geo. 4. c. 87 | Consular Advances Act 1825 | An Act to regulate the payment of salaries and allowances to British consuls at foreign ports, and the disbursements at such ports for certain public purposes. | Section twenty. |
| 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 42 | Civil Procedure Act 1833 | An Act for the further amendment of the law and the better advancement of justice. | Section forty-two. |
| 4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 42 | Stannaries Court of Cornwall Act 1834 | An Act to facilitate the taking of affidavits and affirmations in the court of the Vice Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall. | The whole act. |
| 2 & 3 Vict. c. 58 | Stannaries Act 1839 | An Act to make further provision for the administration of justice and for improving the practice and proceedings in the courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall. | Section six from " and that any " commissioner." |
| 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. | Court of Chancery Act 1842 | An Act for abolishing certain offices of the High Court of Chancery in England. | Sections seven and eight. |
| 6 & 7 Vict. c. 82 | Evidence by Commission Act 1843 | An Act the title of which begins with the words " An Act for extending," and ends with the words " examination of witnesses." | Sections one to four. |
| 11 & 12 Vict. c. 10 | Court of Chancery Act 1848 | An Act for empowering certain officers of the High Court of Chancery to administer oaths and take declarations and affirmations. | The whole act. |
| 15 & 16 Vict. c. 76 | Common Law Procedure Act 1852 | The Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 | Section twenty-three. |
| 15 & 16 Vict. c. 86 | Court of Chancery Procedure Act 1852 | An Act to amend the practice and course of proceeding in the High Court of Chancery. | Sections twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four. [c] |
| 16 & 17 Vict. c. 70 | Lunacy Regulation Act 1853 | The Lunacy Regulation Act, 1853. | Section fifty-seven. |
| 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78 | Commissioners for Oaths Act 1853 | An Act relating to the appointment of persons to administer oaths in Chancery, and to affidavits made for purposes connected with registration. | The whole act. |
| 17 & 18 Vict. c. 78 | Admiralty Court Act 1854 | The Admiralty Court Act, 1854 | Section six from " and any examiner " to the end of the section. |
| Sections seven to eleven. | |||
| 18 & 19 Vict. c. 42. | Commissioners for Oaths Act 1855 | An Act to enable British diplomatic and consular agents abroad to administer oaths and do notarial acts. | The whole act. |
| 18 & 19 Vict. c. 134 | Court of Chancery Act 1855 | An Act the title of which begins with the words " An Act to make " further provision," and ends with the words "leasing and " sale thereof." | Section fifteen. |
| 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77 | Court of Probate Act 1857 | An Act to amend the law relating to probates and letters of administration in England. | Section twenty-seven to " Provided that" and from " and any person who" to end of section. |
| 21 & 22 Vict. c. 95 | Court of Probate Act 1857 | An Act to amend the Act of the twentieth and twenty-first Victoria, chapter seventy-seven. | Sections thirty to thirty-four, |
| 21 & 22 Vict. c. 108 | Matrimonial Causes Act 1858 | An Act to amend the Act of the twentieth and twenty-first Victoria, chapter eighty-five. | Sections twenty to twenty-three. |
| 22 Vict. c. 16 | Commissioners for Oaths, Bail in Error, etc. Act 1859 | An Act the title of which begins with the words " An Act to enable," and ends with the words " of the Exchequer." | The whole Act except section five. |
| 28 & 29 Vict. c. 104 | Crown Suits, &c. Act 1865 | The Crown Suits, &c. Act, 1865 | Sections eighteen, nineteen, forty-three, and forty-four. |
| 32 & 33 Vict. c. 38 | Bails Act 1869 | The Bails Act, 1869 | The whole act. |
| 40 & 41 Vict. c. 25 | Solicitors Act 1877 | The Solicitors Act, 1877 | Section eighteen. |
