ABSTRACT
THE Indian Oaths Act, 1873, Section 8, allows witnesses or parties in any judicial proceeding to give evidence on oath in any form common amongst or held binding by persons of the race or persuasion to which they belong, and not repugnant to justice or decency and not purporting to affect any third person. It is rare, indeed, however, that a magistrate comes, across any of the multitudinous forms of oath which are used in everyday life.
