Regulation 5.08 — Power to examine on oath or affirmation

5.08 Power to examine on oath or affirmation

(1) A Commissioner may administer an oath to a person appearing as a witness before the Commissioner, whether the witness has been summoned or appears without being summoned, and may examine the witness on oath.

(2) If a witness conscientiously objects to swear an oath, the witness may make an affirmation that the witness conscientiously objects to swear an oath and that the witness will state the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to all questions the witness is asked.

(3) An affirmation so made is of the same force and effect, and entails the same liabilities, as an oath.