
1 
Where by or under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995or the Customs and Excise Act 1952, . . .  . . . or Acts amending the same respectively, any oath or affidavit is required to be taken or made before any particular person or officer, whether having special authority or otherwise, and whether at any particular place, or within any specified limits or otherwise, such oath or affidavit may be taken or made before a commissioner for oaths, at any place, and shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if taken or made before such person or officer, and at any particular place or within specified limits.
2 
In section six of the Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889, after the words “consular agent” shall be inserted the words “acting consul general, acting vice-consul, and acting consular agent”.
3 
This Act shall be read with the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889, and may be cited as the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1891, and the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889, and this Act may be cited together as the Commissioners for Oaths Acts 1889 and 1891.