Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 191 - Unlawful oath

(1) A person who takes or administers or attempts or offers to administer to any other person an unlawful oath commits a misdemeanour.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “unlawful oath” means an oath or engagement

(a) to commit or abet a criminal offence, or

(b) to conceal a design to commit a criminal offence including a criminal offence punishable on indictment, whether under this Act or under any other enactment, or

(c) to prevent the discovery of a criminal offence, or

(d) to conceal the existence, purposes or proceedings of an association of persons associated for a treasonable seditious purpose.

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