republic of vanuatu

Oaths (Amendment) Act 
No. 29 Of 2016
Arrangement of Sections

1	Amendment
2	Commencement

republic of vanuatu
Assent:	26/01/2017
Commencement:	11/10/2018
oaths (AMENDMENT)
ACT NO. 29 OF 2016
An Act to amend the Oaths Act [CAP 37].
Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-
1	Amendment
The Oaths Act [CAP 37] is amended as set out in the Schedule.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.
SCHEDULE
AMENDMENTS OF OATHS ACT [CAP 37]
1	After subsection 5(2)
Insert
“(2A)	In the case of a by-election, a person who has been declared by the Electoral Commission to be a member of Parliament, is to take and subscribe to the oath of allegiance before the Chief Justice or a Judge or a person authorised to administer oaths.”