19. Amendment of section 45 of the principal enactment

Section 45 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (4) thereof and the substitution therefor, of the following: -

“(4) Every Justice of the Peace and every

Unofficial Magistrate appointed under subsections

(2 ) and (3 ) shall take and subscribe or make and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office in such form as may be determined by the Minister before a

Judge of the High Court, District Judge, Judge of the Family Court, Judge of the Small Claims Court,

Magistrate, or Judge of the Primary Court and every such Judge is empowered and required, upon application in that behalf, to administer the same and to enter in the records of his court that the said oath or affirmation was duly administered and taken by him, and forthwith to transmit a copy of such entry to the Registrar of the Supreme Court to be entered in the records of that Court.”.