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Information and Instruction Guide for Commissioners for Taking Affidavits for British Columbia

3. Administering the Oath, Affirmation or Solemn

4. Signature of the Person Making the Statement

Declaration

Ask the person to sign the affidavit in your presence. If

• In the case of an affidavit being affirmed,

the document is already signed, ask the person to sign

address the person as follows:

the document again in your presence.

“Do you, John Doe, solemnly affirm and declare that

A Commissioner for Taking Affidavits cannot take

the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of your

an affidavit or statutory declaration if the person

signing the affidavit or declaration is not present. The

knowledge, information and belief?”

commissioner must actually view the act of signing

• In the case of an affidavit being sworn,

and so it must occur in the commissioner’s presence.

hand the person making the statement a Bible (or

New or Old Testament, whichever they prefer) and

5. Completing the Jurat (Ordinary Form)

address them as follows:

The jurat is the part of the oath, affirmation or

“Do you, John Doe, swear that the contents of this

declaration that must be completed by the

affidavit are true to the best of your knowledge,

Commissioner for Taking Affidavits. The jurat should

information and belief, so help you God?”

include the date the statement was sworn (affirmed/

Note: There are as many oaths as there are faiths and

declared), the place where the statement was

it is a good idea to first ask whether the person would

sworn (affirmed/declared) and the signature of the

feel bound by an oath on the Bible. If not, ask what

commissioner before whom the statement was sworn

form of oath would bind their conscience.

(affirmed/declared).

If the oath requested is not one with which you

The following information must appear, legibly, below

are familiar, seek the advice of the Order in Council

your signature:

Administration Office.

1. Your name.

• In the case of a statutory declaration,

2. The designation: A Commissioner for Taking

address the person as follows:

Affidavits for British Columbia.

“Do you, John Doe, declare that the contents of this

3. The expiry date of your appointment.

declaration are true to the best of your knowledge,

It is strongly recommended that commissioners

information and belief, knowing that it is of the same

obtain a rubber stamp with this information on it

force and effect as if it were made under oath?”

to affix beneath their written signature in the jurat.

Whether making an affidavit or a statutory declaration,

If a stamp is not used, this same information must

in each case the person must answer: “Yes” or “I do” or

be printed neatly beneath your signature. This is

“So help me God, ” as appropriate.

important so you can be readily identified and located

Under the Criminal Code of Canada, it is an offence

if necessary. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(with a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment)

of B.C. has directed that all affidavits that are prepared

to sign a document purporting to be an affidavit or

for filing in the Supreme Court must include the

statutory declaration sworn or declared before you,

commissioner’s name, written or typed legibly, under

when in fact the document was not so sworn or

their signature.

declared.

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