The Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009

Article 11

SCHEDULE 2 OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS

1.  The service policeman taking the oath shall hold the New Testament, or if a Jew the Old Testament, in his uplifted hand and shall say, or repeat after the person administering it, the oath provided in paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

2.  If the service policeman to whom an oath is administered desires to swear in the form and manner in which an oath is usually administered in Scotland, he may do so with uplifted hand and saying, or repeating after the person administering it, the Scottish oath provided in paragraph 6 of this Schedule.

3.  If neither of the forms of oath provided in this Schedule is appropriate to the religious beliefs of the service policeman taking the oath, an oath may be administered in such form and manner as the service policeman taking the oath declares to be binding on his conscience in accordance with his religious beliefs.

4.  A service policeman making a solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath shall say, or repeat after the person administering it, the affirmation provided in paragraph 7 of this Schedule.

5.  The oath shall be sworn in the following form:

“I swear by Almighty God that I shall truthfully answer any questions I am asked.”

6.  The form of Scottish oath shall be the same as the form of oath set out above except that for the words “I swear by Almighty God” there shall be substituted the words “I swear by Almighty God and as I shall answer to God at the Great Day of Judgment”.

7.  The form of affirmation shall be the same as the form of oath set out in paragraph 5 except that for the words “I swear by Almighty God” there shall be substituted the words “I (state name) solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm”.