The Oath in this Act referred to as the Oath of Allegiance shall be in the Form following; that is to say,

The Oath in this Act referred to as the Official Oath shall be in the Form following; that is to say,

The Oath in this Act referred to as the Judicial Oath shall be in the Form following; that is to say,

The Oath of Allegiance and Official Oath shall be tendered to and taken by each of the Officers named in the First Part of the Schedule annexed hereto as soon as may be after his Acceptance of Office by the Officer, and in the Manner in that Behalf mentioned in the said First Part, of the said Schedule.

The Oath of Allegiance and Judicial Oath shall be taken by each of the Officers named in the Second Part of the said Schedule hereto as soon as maybe after his Acceptance of Office, and such Oaths shall be tendered and taken in manner in which the Oaths required to be taken by such Officer previously to the passing of this Act on entering his Office would have been tendered and taken.

If any Officer specified in the Schedule hereto declines or neglects, when any Oath required to be taken by him under this Act is duly tendered, to take such Oath, he shall, if he has already entered on his Office, vacate the same, and if he has not entered on the same be disqualified from entering on the same; but no Person shall be compelled, in respect of the same Appointment to the same Office, to take such Oath or make such Affirmation more Times than One.

The Form of the Oath of Allegiance provided by this Act shall be deemed to be substituted in the Case of the Clerical Subscription Act, 1865, for the Form of the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy therein referred to; in the Case of the Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866, for the Form of the Oath thereby prescribed to be taken and subscribed by Members of Parliament on taking their Seats; and in the Case of the Office and Oaths Act, 1867, for the Form of the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration therein referred to; and all the Provisions of the said Acts shall apply to the Oath substituted by this Section in the same Manner as if that Form of Oath were actually inserted in each of the said Acts in the Place of the Oath for which it is substituted.

No Person, shall be required or authorized to take the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy, and Abjuration, or any of such Oaths, or any Oath substituted for such Oaths, or any of them, or to make any Declaration to the like Effect of such Oaths, or any of them, except the Persons required to take the Oath of Allegiance by this Act and the Clerical Subscription Act, 1865, and the Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866, or One of such Acts, any Act of Parliament, Charter, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding; and no Person , shall be required or authorized to take the Oath of Assurance in Scotland.

Where in any Oath under this Act the. Name of Her present Majesty is expressed, the Name of the Sovereign of this Kingdom for the Time being shall be substituted from Time to Time.

When an Oath is required to be taken under this Act, every Person for the Time being by Law permitted to make a solemn Affirmation or Declaration instead of taking an Oath may, instead of taking such Oath, make a solemn Affirmation in the Form of the Oath hereby appointed, substituting the Words " solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm " for the Word " swear," and omitting the Words " So help me God. "

The following Regulations shall be enacted with respect to the Substitution of Declarations for Oaths ; (that is to say,)

1. 1

   Where before the passing of this Act an Oath was required to betaken by any Person on or as a Condition of accepting any Employment or Office in Her Majesty's Honourable Band of Gentlemen at Arms or Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, or in any other Department of Her Majesty's Household, in such Case a Declaration of Fidelity in Office .shall be substituted with the Addition (in Cases where it seems meet to Her Majesty by Order in Council to make such Addition) of a Declaration of Secrecy to be observed by the Declarant with respect to Matters coming within his Cognizance by reason of his Employment or Office;

2. 2

   Where before the passing of this Act an Oath was required to be taken by any Person on or as a Condition of accepting any Office in or under a Municipal Corporation, or on or as a Condition of Admission to Membership in or Participation in the Privileges of any Municipal Corporation, there shall be substituted for such Oath, in the Case of an Office, a Declaration that the Declarant will faithfully perform the Duties of his Office ; and in the Case of Admission to Membership or Participation in the Privileges of a Municipal Corporation, a Declaration that the Declarant will faithfully demean himself as a Member of or Participator in the Privileges of such Corporation:

3. 3

   Where before the passing of this Act an Oath was required to be taken on or as a Condition of Admission to Membership or Fellowship or Participation in the Privileges of any Guild, Body Corporate, Society, or Company, a Declaration to the like Effect of such Oath shall be substituted; provided that if any, Two or more of the Members of such Guild, Body Corporate, Society, or Company, with the Concurrence of the Majority of the Members present and voting at a Meeting specially summoned for the Purpose, object to any Statement contained in such Declaration on the ground of its relating to Duties which by reason of Change of Circumstances have become obsolete, they may appeal to One of Her Majesty's Principal- Secretaries of State to omit such Statement, and the Decision of such Secretary of State shall be final:

4. 4

   Where in any Case not otherwise provided for by this Act or included within the Saving Clauses thereof an Oath is required to be taken by any Person on or as a Condition of his accepting any Employment or Office, a Declaration shall be substituted for such Oath to the like Effect in all respects as such Oath:

5. 5

   The making a Declaration in pursuance of this Section instead of Oath shall in all respects have the same Effect as the taking the Oath for which such Declaration is substituted would have had if this Act had not passed.

If any Person required by this Act to make a Declaration instead of an Oath declines or neglects to make such Declaration, he shall be subject to the same Penalties and Disabilities, if any, as he would have been subjected to for declining or neglecting to take the Oath for which, the Declaration provided by this Act is substituted.